Jump to content

Horokhiv

Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E / 50.49944°N 24.76500°E / 50.49944; 24.76500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Horochow)
Horokhiv
Горохів
Horochów (in Polish)
City
Former Horokhiv District Administration Building
Former Horokhiv District Administration Building
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 / 50.49944°N 24.76500°E / 50.49944; 24.76500
Country Ukraine
OblastVolyn Oblast
RaionLutsk Raion
HromadaHorokhiv urban hromada
Government
 • MayorViktor Hodyk
Elevation
213 m (699 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
8,925

Horokhiv (Ukrainian: Горохів, IPA: [ɦoˈrɔxiu̯] ⓘ; Polish: Horochów; Yiddish: ארכעוו, romanized: Arkhev) is a small city in Volyn Oblast, in north-western Ukraine. Population: 8,925 (2022 estimate).[1]

History

[edit]
Stroynowski Palace during World War I

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

It was a private town, administratively located in the Volhynian Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. Polish politician and economist Walerian Stroynowski built a palace in the town.

From the Third Partition of Poland of 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]

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941. 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.[citation needed]

Horokhiv served as the administrative center of Horokhiv Raion prior to its dissolution in 2020. Since then, it is a part of Lutsk Raion.

[edit]
  • Ascension Church (1844)
    Ascension Church (1844)
  • Ascension Church bell tower (1844)
    Ascension Church bell tower (1844)
  • Ascension chapel (1871)
    Ascension chapel (1871)
  • World War II Memorial
    World War II Memorial
  • Mass graves of World War II soldiers
    Mass graves of World War II soldiers

References

[edit]
  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. ^ a b 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

Further reading

[edit]
[edit]
Stub icon

This article about a location in Volyn Oblast is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Horokhiv&oldid=1266022974"