Pohrebyshche Explained

Official Name:Pohrebyshche
Native Name:Погребище
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Vinnytsia Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Vinnytsia Raion
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:12th century as town of Rokitnya. Become a town in 1938, administrative center in 1984
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:9209
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Pohrebyshche
Coordinates:49.4833°N 29.2667°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:22200
Area Code:+380 +486
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Subdivision Name3:Pohrebyshche urban hromada

Pohrebyshche is a small city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Pohrebyshche Raion (district) until its abolishment in 2020, when it was incorporated into Vinnytsia Raion. Pohrebyshche is situated near the sources of the Ros River. Population:

Pohrebyshche is also known as, Russian: Pogrebischtsche or Russian: Pogrebishchye or Russian: Pogrebishche, Russian: Prhobisht.

History

The town is very old and origin of its name is not clear. Pohreb means a big cellar in Ukrainian. On the other hand, Pohrebaty can be interpreted as to perform a burial. According to Imperial Russian ethnographer Lavrentii Pokhylevych in his work "Tales of inhabited areas of the Kyiv province" in 1884, before the Mongol invasion of Rus, during the times of Kyiv the town was called Rokitnya. Mongols leveled the town leaving only the cellars.

The first time the town was mentioned in written sources was in 1148. For many years it belonged to the Kiev Voivodeship within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) in 1653 it was completely destroyed by Stefan Czarniecki[1] and in the later wars of the 17th century the town was destroyed by fire and its inhabitants massacred by foreign armies several times. Only around 1720 did a more fortunate period for Pohrebyshche begin.[2] In 1795, the town became part of the Russian Empire.

People

Countess Ewelina Hańska (Rzewuska) a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) was born January 6, 1805, in Pohrebyshche. Ewelina was the sister of Henryk Rzewuski. She was married to Wacław Hański, a landowning noble, who was about twenty years older than she was. After his death she married the French novelist Honoré de Balzac in 1850.

The town had a substantial Jewish population. The Jews were murdered during the Second World War by the Nazis and local fascists. In 1928, the large synagogue was converted into a Workman's Club.[3] It was destroyed during the war.

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=I5QZAAAAYAAJ&dq=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5&pg=RA1-PA167 Историческия монографии и изследования Николая Костомарова, Части 9-11, Тип. А. Траншеля, 1870 г.
  2. Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Rzeczpospolita of Poland and Lithuania. Seite 453. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warschau 2015, . History of town.
  3. Web site: Two More Synagogues in Russia Are Converted into Workmen's Clubs. Feb 27, 1928. Apr 3, 2020.