Khorostkiv

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Khorostkiv
Хоростків
City
Church in Khorostkiv
Church in Khorostkiv
Coat of arms of Khorostkiv
Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total6,738
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Khorostkiv (Ukrainian: Хоростків, Polish: Chorostków) is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,738 (2020 est.)[2]

History[]

In the Second Polish Republic, Khorostkiv, then known as Chorostków, belonged to the County of Kopczynce, Tarnopol Voivodeship. The town is the birthplace of Polish painter Jan Maszkowski (born 1793), and Jesuit theologist, translator and scholar (born 1896).

City since 1977.[3]

In January 1989 the population was 8811 people.[4][5]

Until 18 July 2020, Khorostkiv belonged to Husiatyn Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Husiatyn Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.[6][7]

Gallery[]

  • Chapel in Khorostkiv cemetery

  • Abandoned dwór (mansion)

  • Former riding hall

  • A postage due stamp of the Second Polish Republic issued in 1924, and cancelled in the town of Chorostkow

References[]

  1. ^ "Хоростковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Хоростков // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1463
  4. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. ^ Хоростков // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.603
  6. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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Coordinates: 49°14′N 25°55′E / 49.233°N 25.917°E / 49.233; 25.917

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