Hadiach
Hadiach (Ukrainian: Гáдяч, romanized: Hadyach, Russian: Гáдяч, romanized: Gadyach, Polish: Hadziacz), sometimes spelled Hadyach, Gadyach, Gadiach, Haditch, or Hadziacz, is a city of regional significance[2] in Poltava Oblast (province) in the central-east part of Ukraine. Located on the Psel River, the city is an administrative center of the Hadiach Raion (district), though administratively it does not belong to the raion.
Hadiach Гадяч | |
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Cathedral Square in Hadiach | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Hadiach Location of Hadiach Hadiach Hadiach (Ukraine) | |
Coordinates: 50°22′00″N 34°0′0″E | |
Country | |
Oblast | |
Raion | Hadiach Raion |
Founded | 16431 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Volodymyr Nesterenko |
Area | |
• Total | 17.78 km2 (6.86 sq mi) |
Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 23,655[1] |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 36000—36499 |
Area code(s) | +380 532 |
Website | gadiach |
Overview
Hadiach was granted city rights in 1634. It was a city of Kiev Voivodeship, Cossack Hetmanate, and Poltava Governorate.
At times of Cossack Hetmanate, Hadiach was a residence of Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky, election of which saw division of the Hetmanate along the Dnieper river (see The Ruin (Ukrainian history)).
Hadiach is one of the main points of interest to Hasidic Jews visiting Ukraine due to the old cemetery that is on the river running through the city, where Shneur Zalman of Liadi is buried.
Book featuring Hadiach
The main characters in Nikolai Gogol's story Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt are from Hadiach (Gadyach in the 1957 translation by David Magarshack).
Residents
- Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841-1895), political theorist, economist, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer
- Olena Pchilka, mother of Lesya Ukrayinka and a sister of Drahomanov
Gallery
- The city of Cossack Pride Hadiach welcomes you
- River Psel under a bridge in Hadiach
- Entrance to the 'Ohel' of Shneur Zalman of Liadi where he is buried in Hadiach
- Dormition Cathedral and belfry in Hadiach (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
- City concert hall
See also
References
- Чисельність населення (за оцінкою) на 1 серпня 2018 року / Головне управління статистики у Полтавській області
- http://www.radyvyliv.info/kremenec-stav-mistom-oblasnogo-znachennya.html
External links
- Unofficial site of Gadyach
- Hadiach in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- "Gadyach" (news of Gadyach, events, weather, history. All in English, Ukrainian and Russian language)
- "Gadyach Zemstvo Stamps" - The gallery of local postage stamps of the Gadyach Zemstvo Post Office.