Pochaiv

Pochaiv Почаїв
City
View of Pochaiv and its monastery
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Coordinates: 50°0′10″N25°30′35″E / 50.00278°N 25.50972°E / 50.00278; 25.50972
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Kremenets Raion
Hromada	Pochaiv urban hromada
Population  (2022)
• Total	7,633
Time zone	UTC+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 1950s ^[3] and a town in 1978. It had a population of 10,019 in January 1989. ^{[4] [5]}

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

Gallery

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

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