Rozhyshche

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Rozhyshche
Рожи́ще
Rożyszcze (in Polish)
City
St.Michael Church in Rozhyshche (1920)
St.Michael Church in Rozhyshche (1920)
Flag of Rozhyshche
Flag
Official seal of Rozhyshche
Seal
Rozhyshche is located in Volyn Oblast
Rozhyshche
Rozhyshche
Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 25°16′12″E / 50.91306°N 25.27000°E / 50.91306; 25.27000Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 25°16′12″E / 50.91306°N 25.27000°E / 50.91306; 25.27000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Volyn Oblast
RaionRozhyshche Raion
Government
 • MayorVjacheslav Polishchuk
Elevation
182 m (597 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total12,584
Websitehttp://mrada.org.ua/

Rozhyshche (Ukrainian: Рожи́ще, Polish: Rożyszcze, Yiddish: ראזשישטש‎ Rozhishch) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as an administrative center of Rozhyshche Raion. Population: 12,584 (2021 est.)[1]

History[]

It was a settlement in Lutsky Uyezd in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.

During the Second World War Axis forces occupied Rozhyshche on June 1941.

A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.[2]

In January 1989 the population was 14 391 people.[3] Town since August 1989.

Gallery[]

  • Transfiguration Domini Kostel (1920)

  • St.Mikhael Church (view from street)

  • St.Mikhael Church (entrance view)

  • World War II Memorial

References[]

  1. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ № 2643. Свет Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр. 346
  3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу


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