Pohrebyshche Raion (Ukrainian: Погребищенський район, translit. Pohrebyschens'kyi raion) was a raion (district) of Vinnytsia Oblast in west-central Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the town of Pohrebyshche. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Vinnytsia Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast to six.[2][3] The last estimate of the raion population was 28,321 (2020 est.)[4]

Pohrebyshche Raion Погребищенський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Vinnytsia Oblast
Established	1923
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Pohrebysche
Subdivisions	List    — city councils    — settlement councils  — rural councils Number of localities:    — cities    — urban-type settlements 57 — villages    — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Vasyl Pavlovych Osadchuk
Area
• Total	1,200 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	28,321[1]
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	22200—22271
Area code	380-4346
Website	Pohrebyschenskyi Raion

Geography

Pohrebyshche Raion was situated on the Podillian forest-steppe area in the north-eastern part of Vinnytsia Oblast. To the north it bordered Zhytomyr Oblast (Ruzhyn Raion) and to the east Kyiv Oblast (Skvyra Raion, Volodarka Raion, Tetiiv Raion). The Ros River finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi, formerly in Pohrebyshche Raion.

History

Pohrebyshche Raion was formed on March 7, 1923 as a part of Kiev Governorate, but on February 27, 1932 it was included in the newly formed Vinnytsia Oblast. Although the area of the raion has changed over the years. The biggest change was in 1963 when Plyskiv Raion was dissolved.

Subdivisions

There were one urban-type settlement, 57 villages and five minor settlements in the Pohrebyshche Raion. There were one city council and 26 village councils.

Town

• Pohrebyshche (Погребище)

Villages

Famous people from Pohrebyshche Raion

This article contains embedded lists that may be poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate. (August 2022)

• S. Aliekseiev, writer
• A. Kocherha, opera singer
• Mykhailo Melnyk (1944, Ordyntsi – 1979), Ukrainian historian, poet and dissident
• N. Prysiazhniuk, ethnographer
• Valentyn Rechmedin, writer, journalist
• M. Sokolovskyi, guitarist
• Michał Tyszkiewicz, diplomat
• H. Yablonska, folk artist
• Ivan Yerofeiv, writer
• Ivan Zaianchkovskyi, scientist, writer

See also

• Administrative divisions of Vinnytsia Oblast

References

Notes

Sources

• Nina Hnatiuk: Vinnytchyna. (Kiev 1998). ISBN 966-95200-2-9.
• Petro Tronko: Istoriya mist i sil Ukrainskoi RSR. Vinnytska oblast. (Kiev 1972).
• Pohrebyschenskyi Raion's page at Verkhovna Rada

На других языках

[ru] Погребищенский район