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Pochaiv

Pochaiv is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Kremenets and 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of the administrative center of the oblast, Ternopil. It hosts the administration of Pochaiv urban hromada. Population: 7,633.

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Pochaiv
Почаїв
City
View of Pochaiv and its monastery
View of Pochaiv and its monastery
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Flag
Coat of arms of Pochaiv
Coat of arms
Pochaiv
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Coordinates: 50°0′10″N 25°30′35″E / 50.00278°N 25.50972°E / 50.00278; 25.50972
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionKremenets Raion
HromadaPochaiv urban hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
7,633
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pochaiv (Ukrainian: Почаїв, IPA: [poˈtʃɑjiu̯] ⓘ; Russian: Почаев, romanized: Pochayev; Polish: Poczajów; Yiddish: פּאטשאיעװ, romanized: Pitshayev) is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Kremenets and 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of the administrative center of the oblast, Ternopil. It hosts the administration of Pochaiv urban hromada.1 Population: 7,633 (2022 estimate).2

History

Pochaiv was a part of Kremenetsky Uyezd, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire. During World War I, it was captured by the Austro-Hungarian Army in August 1915 and by the Imperial Russian Army during the Brusilov offensive in summer 1916. It became a part of Wołyń Voivodeship, Poland, after the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Polish–Soviet War.

Pochaiv became an urban-type settlement in the 1950s3 and a town in 1978. It had a population of 10,019 in January 1989.45

Pochaiv is home to the Pochaiv Lavra, the second-largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Ukraine. On October 1, 2020, the Center for Provision of Social Services of the Pochaiv City Council was established,6 the head of which was appointed Gichka Yuriy Serhiyovych on the basis of competitive selection.7

Logo of the Center for Social Services of Pochaiv City Council source ↗

Notable residents

  • Panoramic view of Pochaiv
    Panoramic view of Pochaiv
  • Street near Pochaiv Lavra
    Street near Pochaiv Lavra
  • City center
    City center
  • Seminary building
    Seminary building
References

References

  1. "Почаевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. 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.
  3. Почаев // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 20. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1975. стр. 444
  4. Почаев // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.190
  5. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  6. "ЦЕНТР НАДАННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ ПОСЛУГ ПОЧАЇВСЬКОЇ МІСЬКОЇ РАДИ — 43849117 — Опендатабот". opendatabot.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  7. Конкурс на посаду директора Центру надання соціальних послуг Почаївської міської ради, retrieved 2021-11-16