Khorostkiv

Khorostkiv (Ukrainian: Хоростків, Polish: Chorostków) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 6,738 (2020 est.)[1]

Khorostkiv

Хоростків
City
Church in Khorostkiv
Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionHusiatyn Raion
Population
 (2020)
 • Total6,738
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In the Second Polish Republic, Khorostkiv, then known as Chorostków, belonged to the County of Kopczynce, Tarnopol Voivodeship. The town is the birthplace of Polish painter Jan Maszkowski (born 1793), and Jesuit theologist, translator and scholar Stanislaw Stys (born 1896).

City since 1977.[2]

In January 1989 the population was 8811 people.[3][4]

  • Chapel in Khorostkiv cemetery
  • Abandoned dwór (mansion)
  • Former riding hall
  • A postage due stamp of the Second Polish Republic issued in 1924, and cancelled in the town of Chorostkow

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Хоростков // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1463
  3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  4. Хоростков // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.603

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