Yahotyn () is a city in
Boryspil Raion
Boryspil Raion ( uk, Бориспільський район, translit.: ''Boryspil's'kyi raion'') is an administrative raion (district) in east-central Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Boryspil. Population: .
On ...
,
Kyiv Oblast
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(
region
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) of
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Yahotyn urban hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
In 2001, population was 23,659. The current population is
Until 18 July 2020, Yahotyn was the administrative center of
Yahotyn Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Yahotyn Raion was merged into Boryspil Raion.
The village of
Dvirkivshchyna in Boryspil Raion is birthplace to famous football player
Andriy Shevchenko, who attended sports-school in Yahotyn.
Climate
References
External links
city portalChurch "House of Prayer" in YahotynThe murder of the Jews of Yahotynduring
World War II
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, at
Yad Vashem
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website.
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Cities in Kyiv Oblast
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Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Holocaust locations in Ukraine