Pohrebysche
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| Pohrebysche Погребище |
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Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast Pohrebyschensky Raion |
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| First mentioned | XII c. as town of Rokitnya. Become a town in 1938, administrative center in 1984 | ||
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| - Total | 10,754 | ||
| Postal code | 22200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 +486 | ||
Pohrebysche (Ukrainian: Погребище) is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Pohrebyschensky Raion (district) in western Ukraine. Pohrebysche is situated near the sources of the Ros River.
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[edit] Names
Pohrebysche is also known as Polish: Pohrebyszcze, Russian: Погребище Pogrebischtsche or Pogrebishchye, Yiddish: פרהאבישטא Prhobisht
[edit] History
The town is very old and origin of its name is not clear. Pogreb means a big cellar in Ukrainian. On another hand Pogrebaty can be interpreted as to perform a burial. According to a legend, put down by Ukrainian ethnographer Pokhilevich, before Mongol invasion of Rus, during the times of Kyiv the town was called Rokitnya. Mongols level the town leaving only the cellars.
[edit] People
Countess Ewelina Hańska (Rzewuska) a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) was born January 6, 1801 in Pohrebysche. Ewelina was the sister of Henryk Rzewuski. She was married to Waclaw Hanski, a landowning noble, who was twenty years older than her. After his death she became wife of the French novelist Honoré de Balzac in 1850. They have meet in Pohrebysche.
[edit] Other Nearby Communities
- Vinnytsia 40 miles ENE
- Pliskov 8 miles S
- Borshchagovka 12 miles E
- Ruzhin 16 miles N
- Belilovka 17 miles NW
- Samgorodok 19 miles W
- Tetiyev 19 miles ESE
- Lipovets 20 miles SSW
- Zhivotovka 21 miles SE
- Vakhnovka 22 miles WSW
- Skvira 25 miles NE
- Kazatin 25 miles NW
- Ilintsy 25 miles S
- Pavoloch 28 miles NNE
- Volodarka 29 miles E
- Balabanovka 30 miles SSE
- Berdychev 42 miles SE
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