Horokhiv

Horokhiv (Ukrainian: Горохів, romanized: Horochiv, Polish: Horochów, Yiddish: ארכעוו Arkhev, Russian: Горохов, romanized: Gorochov, Belarusian: Гарохаў, romanized: Harochaŭ) is a small city in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Horokhiv Raion. Population: 8,925 (2022 estimate).[1]

Horokhiv
Горохів
Horochów (in Polish)
City
Horokhiv District administration
Horokhiv District administration
Flag of Horokhiv
Flag
Coat of arms of Horokhiv
Coat of arms
Horokhiv is located in Volyn Oblast
Horokhiv
Horokhiv
Horokhiv is located in Ukraine
Horokhiv
Horokhiv
Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Volyn Oblast
RaionLutsk Raion
Government
 • MayorViktor Hodyk
Elevation
213 m (699 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total8,925

History

The first written mention of it was in 1240 in the Hypatian Codex.

From 1795 until the Russian Revolution of 1917, it was part of Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire; from 1921 to 1939 it was part of Wołyń Voivodeship of Poland.

A railway station was built here in 1924-1925.[2]

Since September 1939 it was a part of the USSR. Also, in 1939 it became a town.[2][3]

A local newspaper is published here since 1939.[4]

The Germans occupied town from summer 1941 to July 1944. Its Jewish population, comprising over half the town’s inhabitants, was murdered en masse during The Holocaust.

  • Ascension Church (1844)
    Ascension Church (1844)
  • Ascension Church bell tower (1844)
    Ascension Church bell tower (1844)
  • Ascension Church entrance fresco
    Ascension Church entrance fresco
  • Ascension chapel (1871)
    Ascension chapel (1871)
  • World War II Memorial
    World War II Memorial
  • Mass graves of World War II warriors
    Mass graves of World War II warriors

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. Горохов // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 12. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1952. стр.229
  3. Горохов // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.326
  4. № 2632. Строитель коммунизма // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.345


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