Rozhyshche
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Rozhyshche
Рожи́ще Rożyszcze (in Polish) | |
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.jpg) St.Michael Church in Rozhyshche (1920) | |
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  Rozhyshche .svg) Rozhyshche | |
| Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 25°16′12″E / 50.91306°N 25.27000°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Volyn Oblast |
| Raion | Lutsk Raion |
| Hromada | Rozhyshche urban hromada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vjacheslav Polishchuk |
| Elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 12,483 |
| Website | http://mrada.org.ua/ |
Rozhyshche (Ukrainian: Рожище, Polish: Rożyszcze, Yiddish: ראזשישטש Rozhishch) is a city in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as an administrative center of Rozhyshche urban hromada. Population: 12,483 (2022 estimate).[1]
History
[edit]It was a settlement in Lutsky Uyezd in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.
During the Second World War Axis forces occupied Rozhyshche in June 1941.
A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.[2]
In January 1989 the population was 14 391 people.[3] Town since August 1989.
Gallery
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Transfiguration Domini Kostel (1920) -
St. Michael Church (view from street) -
St. Michael Church (entrance view) -
World War II Memorial
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ № 2643. Свет Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр. 346
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
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