Horodyshche (, ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the Vilshanka River, where the administration of Horodyshche urban hromada (municipality). The population is
History A local newspaper has been published there since 1930.№ 3215. Колхозные нивы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.420
It was occupied by German forces during World War II from the summer of 1941 until 1944.
It has been a city since 1956.Городище // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.326
In January 1989 the population was 17,109.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу In January 2013 the population of the city was 14,291.
Until 18 July 2020, Horodyshche was an administrative center of Horodyshche Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Horodyshche being transferred to Cherkasy Raion.
Economy and education Horodyshche is known as a centre of sugar industry and vegetable conservation. The town also houses an agricultural technical school.
Notable people
Petro Hulak-Artemovsky (1790-1865), Ukrainian poet and fabulist Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873), singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work. (1895–1978), Ukrainian Soviet author, lived here. Jacob Lestschinsky (1876–1966), Jewish sociologist and journalist.
References
Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP - Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast). Kiev, 1972 site of the Horodyshchensky Raion site of the Horodyshche