Khoroshiv

Urban locality in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Khoroshiv Хорошів
Urban-type settlement
Khoroshiv gemstones museum
Flag Coat of arms
50°35′44″N 28°26′41″E / 50.59556°N 28.44472°E / 50.59556; 28.44472
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Zhytomyr Raion
First mention	1545
Area
• Total	8.328 km² (3.215 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,335
• Density	880/km² (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Khoroshiv (Ukrainian: Хорошiв, Russian: Хо́рошев), until 2015 Volodarsk-Volynskyi (Ukrainian: Володарськ-Волинський, translit. Volodarsk-Volynskyi)^[1] is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 7,335 (2022 estimate)^[2]

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1545 as Oleksandropil. It was owned by szlachcic Alexander Pronsky, and after his death was inherited by the Polish Leszczynski family. In 1525, the town, then called Horoshky, was sold to Nemyrych family. During the Khmelnytsky Uprising Horoshky belonged to Kyiv Regiment, but in 1667 were returned to Poland according to the Treaty of Andrusovo. In 1685-1699 the town was once again controlled by Ukrainian Cossacks under the leadership of Semen Paliy.After the Second Partition of Poland Horoshky became part of the Russian Empire. In 1796, Empress Catherine II confiscated the local manor from its Polish owners and awarded it to field marshal Mikhail Kutuzov. To commemorate this fact, in 1912 the imperial authorities renamed Horoshky to Kutuzove. In 1917, the town became part of the Ukrainian People's Republic, but in 1921 was finally occupied by the Red Army and renamed to Volodarsk (since 1927 - Volodarsk-Volynsky), after the Bolshevik politician V.Volodarsky. After Ukraine regained independence, the settlement was finally renamed to Khoroshiv in 2016, as part of the decommunization campaign.

Points of interest

17th century fortification walls.
Catholic Church of Transfiguration.
Male Orthodox monastery of Saint Paisius.
Orthodox and Protestant churches.
Kutuzov park.
Museum of valuable and decorative stones.
Monument to Taras Shevchenko.

Notable personalities

Yuri Nemyrych - politician and aristocrat of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, owned the settlement in the 17th century.
Oleksandr Dovzhenko - Ukrainian Soviet filmmaker, worked as a teacher in a local school in 1914.

References

^ "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ 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.