Hadiach
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| Hadiach Гадяч | |||
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  Hadiach | |||
| Coordinates: 50°22′00″N 34°0′0″E / 50.36667°N 34.00000°ECoordinates: 50°22′00″N 34°0′0″E / 50.36667°N 34.00000°E | |||
| Country Oblast Raion |
 Ukraine Poltava OblastHadyatskyi Raion | ||
| Founded | 16431 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Tetyana Savchenko | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 17.78 km2 (6.86 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 22,267 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (4,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 36000—36499 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 532 | ||
| Website | gadiach.osp-ua.info | ||
Hadiach (Ukrainian: Гáдяч, Russian: Гáдяч, Polish: Hadziacz), sometimes spelled Hadyach, Gadyach, Gadiach, or Hadziacz, is a historic city in Poltava Oblast (province) in the central-east part of Ukraine. Located on the Psel River, the city is an administrative center of the Hadyatskyi Raion (district). Population 22,267 (est).
Hadiach was granted city rights in 1634.
Hadiach is one of the main points of interest to Hasidic Jews visiting Ukraine due to the old cemetery that is on the river running through the city, where Shneur Zalman of Liadi is buried.
Book featuring Hadiach
The main characeters in Nikolai Gogol's story Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt are from Hadiach (Gadyach in the 1957 translation by David Magarshack).
Notable Residents
- Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841-1895), political theorist, economist, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer
See also
External links
- Daily News "VKontakte" Gadyach city (in Ukrainian)
- Unofficial site of Gadyach
- "Gadyach" (news of Gadyach, events, weather, history. All in English, Ukrainian and Russian language)
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