Hadiach
Hadiach
Гадяч | |
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Dormition Cathedral and belfry in Hadiach (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) | |
Coordinates: 50°22′00″N 34°0′0″E / 50.36667°N 34.00000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Poltava Oblast |
Raion | Myrhorod Raion |
Hromada | Hadiach urban hromada |
Founded | 16431 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Volodymyr Nesterenko |
Area | |
• Total | 17.78 km2 (6.86 sq mi) |
Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 22,851 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 36000—36499 |
Area code | +380 532 |
Website | gadiach |
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Hadiach[a] (Ukrainian: Гадяч, pronounced [ˈɦɑdʲɐtʃ]) is a city in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast in east-central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hadiach urban hromada .[1] Hadiach is located on the Psel River. Population: 22,851 (2022 estimate).[2]
Name
[edit]In addition to the Ukrainian Гадяч (Hadiach), in other languages the name of the city is Russian: Гaдяч, romanized: Gadyach, Polish: Hadziacz and Yiddish: האדיטש.
Overview
[edit]Hadiach was granted city rights in 1634. At various times it was administratively located in the Kiev Voivodeship, Cossack Hetmanate, and Poltava Governorate. It was the place of signing of the Treaty of Hadiach in 1658. In 1661 it was granted by the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to Yurii Khmelnytsky.[3]
At times of Cossack Hetmanate, Hadiach was a residence of Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Briukhovetsky, election of which saw division of the Hetmanate along the Dnieper river (see The Ruin (Ukrainian history)).
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.
During World War II, in August and September 1943, the German occupiers operated the Dulag 124 prisoner-of-war camp in the town.[4]
Until 18 July 2020, Hadiach was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Hadiach Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four, the city was merged into Myrhorod Raion.[5][6]
During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, there were skirmishes along this town and a Russian tank reportedly was spotted in the Psel River.[citation needed]
Population
[edit]Language
[edit]Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[7]
Language | Percentage |
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Ukrainian | 95.28% |
Russian | 4.3% |
other/undecided | 0.42% |
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Climate data for Hadiach (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
4.8 (40.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
7.8 (46.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42.4 (1.67) |
41.3 (1.63) |
42.3 (1.67) |
42.0 (1.65) |
48.6 (1.91) |
75.5 (2.97) |
70.9 (2.79) |
46.9 (1.85) |
55.2 (2.17) |
51.2 (2.02) |
46.6 (1.83) |
44.3 (1.74) |
607.2 (23.91) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.1 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 97.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 85.2 | 82.2 | 77.3 | 66.7 | 63.3 | 68.9 | 70.4 | 69.0 | 74.9 | 80.0 | 86.3 | 86.6 | 75.9 |
Source: World Meteorological Organization[8] |
In literature
[edit]The main characters in Nikolai Gogol's story Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt are from Hadiach (Gadyach in the 1957 translation by David Magarshack).
Residents
[edit]- Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841–1895), political theorist, economist, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer
- Olena Pchilka, mother of Lesya Ukrainka and a sister of Drahomanov
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also spelled Hadyach, Gadyach, Gadiach, Haditch, or Hadziacz.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Гадячская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. III. Warszawa. 1882. p. 7.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Unofficial site of Gadyach
- Hadiach in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- "Gadyach" (news of Gadyach, events, weather, history. All in English, Ukrainian and Russian language)
- "Gadyach Zemstvo Stamps" - The gallery of local postage stamps of the Gadyach Zemstvo Post Office.