Pohrebyshche

City in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Place in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Pohrebyshche Погребище
Coat of arms
49°29′0″N 29°16′0″E / 49.48333°N 29.26667°E / 49.48333; 29.26667
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Vinnytsia Oblast
Raion	Vinnytsia Raion
Hromada	Pohrebyshche urban hromada
First mentioned	12th century as town of Rokitnya. Become a town in 1938, administrative center in 1984
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	9,209
Postal code	22200
Area code	+380 +486

Pohrebyshche (Ukrainian: Погребище) is a small city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Pohrebyshche Raion (district) until its abolishment in 2020, when it was incorporated into Vinnytsia Raion. Pohrebyshche is situated near the sources of the Ros River. Population: 9,209 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Pohrebyshche is also known as Polish: Pohrebyszcze, Russian: Погребище Pogrebischtsche or Pogrebishchye or Pogrebishche, Yiddish: פרהאבישטא Prhobisht.

History

Synagogue and parochial church (Pohrebyszcze) by Napoleon Orda

The town is very old and origin of its name is not clear. Pohreb means a big cellar in Ukrainian. On the other hand, Pohrebaty can be interpreted as to perform a burial. According to Imperial Russian ethnographer Lavrentii Pokhylevych in his work "Tales of inhabited areas of the Kyiv province" in 1884, before the Mongol invasion of Rus, during the times of Kyiv the town was called Rokitnya. Mongols leveled the town leaving only the cellars.

The first time the town was mentioned in written sources was in 1148. For many years it belonged to the Kiev Voivodeship within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1657) in 1653 it was completely destroyed by Stefan Czarniecki^[2] and in the later wars of the 17th century the town was destroyed by fire and its inhabitants massacred by foreign armies several times. Only around 1720 did a more fortunate period for Pohrebyshche begin.^[3] In 1795, the town became part of the Russian Empire.

People

Countess Ewelina Hańska (Rzewuska) a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) was born January 6, 1805, in Pohrebyshche. Ewelina was the sister of Henryk Rzewuski. She was married to Wacław Hański, a landowning noble, who was about twenty years older than she was. After his death she married the French novelist Honoré de Balzac in 1850.

The town had a substantial Jewish population. The Jews were murdered during the Second World War by the Nazis and local fascists. In 1928, the large synagogue was converted into a Workman's Club.^[4] It was destroyed during the war.

Gallery

City hall
Church in Pohrebyshche
Chapel near the town
World War II memorial

Other nearby communities

Vinnytsia 40 miles (64 km) ENE
Plyskiv 8 miles (13 km) S
Borshchahivka 12 miles (19 km) E
Ruzhyn 16 miles (26 km) N
Bilylivka 17 miles (27 km) NW
Samhorodok 19 miles (31 km) W
Tetiiv 19 miles (31 km) ESE
Lypovets 20 miles (32 km) SSW
Zhyvotivka 21 miles (34 km) SE
Vakhnivka 22 miles (35 km) WSW
Skvyra 25 miles (40 km) NE
Koziatyn 25 miles (40 km) NW
Illintsi 25 miles (40 km) S
Pavoloch 28 miles (45 km) NNE
Volodarka 29 miles (47 km) E
Balabanivka 30 miles (48 km) SSE
Berdychiv 42 miles (68 km) SE

References

^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ Историческия монографии и изследования Николая Костомарова, Части 9-11, Тип. А. Траншеля, 1870 г.
^ Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka: Heaven's Gates. Wooden synagogues in the territories of the former Rzeczpospolita of Poland and Lithuania. Seite 453. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warschau 2015, ISBN 978-83-942048-6-0. History of town.
^ "Two More Synagogues in Russia Are Converted into Workmen's Clubs". Feb 27, 1928. Retrieved Apr 3, 2020.