Kaharlyk (, ) is a small city in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, located in Obukhiv Raion. Kaharlyk hosts the administration of Kaharlyk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History In 1858, a sugar plant was built here.
Later in the 19th century it was a center of Kagarlyk volostИсторическая информация о местечке Кагарлык in Kievsky Uyezd of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire.
In the 1930s a dairy plant was built here during industrialization.
During World War II it was occupied by Axis troops from August 3, 1941 until January 8, 1944.
In 1952, it was a large village. There were a sugar plant, a dairy plant, four schools, a library, one sovkhoz and one MTS.Кагарлык // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 19. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1953. стр.284
Urban-type settlement from 1956 until 1971, town since 1971.Кагарлык // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 11. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
In January 1989, the population was 14,065,Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу there were several food industry enterprises.Кагарлык // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.520
In 2011 a security checkpoint "Kaharlyk" was built here.Где в Украине расположены стационарные посты ДПС ГАИ // еженедельник "2000" от 7 мая 2012
In January 2013, population was 13,758 people.
In 2014, a dystopian novel Kaharlyk was published depicting a fictional town in a dystopian future under Russian occupation.
In May 2020, the 2020 Kaharlyk police rape gained widespread media attention across Ukraine, spurring protests.
Until 18 July 2020, Kaharlyk served as an administrative center of Kaharlyk Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kaharlyk Raion was merged into Obukhiv Raion.
Transport There is a railway station of the Southwestern Railways
Notable residents Mykola Marychevskyi (1961–2005), Ukrainian journalist, publicist, art historian, editor, publisher
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