Horokhiv
| Horokhiv | ||
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Horokhiv District administration | ||
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  Horokhiv | ||
| Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E / 50.49944°N 24.76500°ECoordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E / 50.49944°N 24.76500°E | ||
| Country | Ukraine | |
| Oblast (province) | Volyn | |
| Raion (district) | Horokhiv | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Viktor Hodyk | |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) | |
| Population (2015) | ||
| • Total | 9,165[1] | |
Horokhiv (Ukrainian: Горохів, Polish: Horochów, Yiddish: ארכעוו, Russian: Горохов) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Horokhiv Raion. Population: 9,165 (2015 est.)[1]
History
The first written mention of it was in 1240 in the Hypatian Codex.
During World War II, hundreds of Jews[2] of the city are kept imprisoned in a ghetto before being murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen.[3][4]
Gallery
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Ascension Church (1844).jpg)
Ascension Church bell tower (1844).jpg)
Ascension Church entrance fresco.jpg)
Ascension chapel (1871).jpg)
World War II Memorial.jpg)
Mass graves of World War II warriors
References
- 1 2 "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ http://moreshet.pl/he/node/157
- ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/horokhiv-volyn-ukraine.80
- ↑ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=274
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