Zvenyhorodka

Zvenyhorodka (Ukrainian: Звенигородка) or Zvenigorodka (Russian: Звенигородка), German: Swenigorodka, is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the river Gniloi Tikich.

History

The town is the administrative center of the Zvenyhorodsky Raion (district). During the 19th century it had been part of the Russian Kiev Governorate. Around the turn to the 20th century the town had a train station, three Greek Orthodox churches and one Roman Catholic church.^[1]

Number of inhabitants in years

• 1897: 16,972^[1]
• 1926: 18,020, 61% Ukrainians, 37% Jews, 1% Russians and 1% Poles.^[2]
• 2005: approx. 19,900.

Notable residents

• David Günzburg (1857–1910), Russian orientalist and Jewish communal leader.
• Horace Günzburg (1833–1909), Russian philanthropist.

References

• (Ukrainian) (1972) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast), Kiev.

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