Horokhiv
Horokhiv (Ukrainian: Горохів, Polish: Horochów, Yiddish: ארכעוו Arkhev, Russian: Горохов) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Horokhiv Raion.
Horokhiv Горохів Horochów (in Polish) | |
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City | |
Horokhiv District administration | |
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Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E | |
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Raion | Horokhiv Raion |
Government | |
• Mayor | Viktor Hodyk |
Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 9,134[1] |
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.
Gallery
- Ascension Church (1844)
- Ascension Church bell tower (1844)
- Ascension Church entrance fresco
- Ascension chapel (1871)
- World War II Memorial
- Mass graves of World War II warriors
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References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2018 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2018. стор.15
- 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
- Горохов // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.326
- № 2632. Строитель коммунизма // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.345
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