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
City of regional significance
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 Ukraine
Oblast Poltava Oblast
RaionHadiach Raion
Founded16431
Government
 • MayorVolodymyr Nesterenko
Area
 • Total17.78 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Elevation
132 m (433 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total23,655[1]
 • Density1,400/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
36000—36499
Area code(s)+380 532
Websitegadiach.osp-ua.info

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
  • 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
  1. Чисельність населення (за оцінкою) на 1 серпня 2018 року / Головне управління статистики у Полтавській області
  2. http://www.radyvyliv.info/kremenec-stav-mistom-oblasnogo-znachennya.html


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