Rozhyshche

Rožýšče (Ukrainian: Рожи́ще, Polish: Rożyszcze, Yiddish: ראזשישטש‎ Rozhishch) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as an administrative center of Rozhyshche Raion. Population: 12,710 (2020 est.)[1]

Rozhyshche

Рожи́ще

Rożyszcze (in Polish)
City
St.Michael Church in Rozhyshche (1920)
Flag
Seal
Rozhyshche
Rozhyshche
Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 25°16′12″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Volyn Oblast
RaionRozhyshche Raion
Government
 • MayorVjacheslav Polishchuk
Elevation
182 m (597 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total12,710
Websitehttp://mrada.org.ua/

History

It was a settlement in Lutsky Uyezd in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.

During the Second World War Axis forces occupied Rozhyshche on June 1941.

A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.[2]

In January 1989 the population was 14 391 people.[3] Town since August 1989.

  • Transfiguration Domini Kostel (1920)
  • St.Mikhael Church (view from street)
  • St.Mikhael Church (entrance view)
  • World War II Memorial

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. № 2643. Свет Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр. 346
  3. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу


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