Pohrebyshche Raion

Pohrebyshche Raion Погребищенський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E / 49.500°N 29.250°E / 49.500; 29.250Coordinates: 49°30′N 29°15′E / 49.500°N 29.250°E / 49.500; 29.250
Country	Ukraine
Region	Vinnytsia Oblast
Established	1923
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
• Total	31,512
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index	22200—22271
Area code	380-4346
Website	Pohrebyschenskyi Raion

Pohrebyshche Raion (Ukrainian: Погребищенський район, translit. Pohrebyschens'kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Vinnytsia Oblast in west-central Ukraine. The administrative center of the district is the town of Pohrebyshche. Population: 31,512 (2013 est.)^[1].

Geography

Pohrebyshche Raion is situated on the Podillian forest-steppe area in the north-eastern part of Vinnytsia Oblast. To the north it borders Zhytomyr Oblast (Ruzhyn Raion) and to the east Kiev Oblast (Skvyra Raion, Volodarka Raion, Tetiiv Raion). The Ros River finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in the 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 are one town, 57 villages and five minor settlements in the Pohrebyshche Raion. There are one city council and 26 village councils.

Town

• Pohrebyshche (Погребище)

Villages

Famous people from Pohrebyshche Raion

• S. Aliekseiev, writer
• A. Kocherha, opera singer
• 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

Administrative divisions of Vinnytsia Oblast Administrative center: Vinnytsia Raions Bar Bershad Chechelnyk Chernivtsi Haisyn Illintsi Kalynivka Khmilnyk Koziatyn Kryzhopil Lityn Lypovets Mohyliv-Podilskyi Murovani Kurylivtsi Nemyriv Orativ Pishchanka Pohrebyshche Sharhorod Teplyk Tomashpil Trostianets Tulchyn Tyvriv Vinnytsia Yampil Zhmerynka Cities Regional Khmilnyk Koziatyn Ladyzhyn Mohyliv-Podilskyi Vinnytsia Zhmerynka District Bar Bershad Haisyn Hnivan Illintsi Kalynivka Lypovets Nemyriv Pohrebyshche Sharhorod Tulchyn Yampil Urban-type settlements Category:Vinnytsia Oblast