Horodyshche

This article is about a city in Cherkasy Oblast, Central Ukraine. For other uses, see Horodyshche (disambiguation).

Horodyshche (Ukrainian: Городище, IPA: [ɦoroˈdɪʃtʃe] ^ⓘ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the Vilshanka River, where the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada (municipality).^[2] The population is 13,062 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Horodyshche Городище
City
The Mykhailivska Church (1844)
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°17′33″N 31°27′29″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Cherkasy Raion
Hromada	Horodyshche urban hromada
Founded	1050
Population  (2022)
• Total	13 062
	[1]
Postal code	19500 — 19507
Area code	+380 4734
Website	Municipal website[usurped]

House of Ivan Le [uk]

History

A local newspaper has been published there since 1930.^[3]

It was occupied by German forces during World War II in the summer of 1941 until 1944.^[4]

It has been a city since 1956.^[5]

In January 1989 the population was 17,109.^[6] In January 2013 the population of the city was 14,291.^[7]

Until 18 July 2020, Horodyshche was an administrative center of Horodyshche Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Horodyshche being transferred to Cherkasy Raion.^[8][9]

Horodyshche was the birthplace of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, a singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work.

The Jewish sociologist and journalist Jacob Lestschinsky (1876–1966) was born in Horodyshche.