Horokhiv

Horokhiv (Ukrainian: Горохів, Polish: Horochów, Yiddish: ארכעוו‎ Arkhev, Russian: Горохов) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Horokhiv Raion. Population: 9,053 (2020 est.)[1]

Horokhiv Горохів Horochów (in Polish)
City
Horokhiv District administration
Coat of arms
Horokhiv Horokhiv
Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Volyn Oblast
Raion	Horokhiv Raion
Government
• Mayor	Viktor Hodyk
Elevation	213 m (699 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	9,053

History

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

From 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]

Since September 1939 it was a part of the USSR. Also, 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.

Gallery

• 
  Ascension Church (1844)
• 
  Ascension Church bell tower (1844)
• 
  Ascension Church entrance fresco
• 
  Ascension chapel (1871)
• 
  World War II Memorial
• 
  Mass graves of World War II warriors

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
2. 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

External links

• Horokhiv, Ukraine at JewishGen