Zvenyhorodka

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Zvenyhorodka Звенигородка
City
City centre
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°4′11″N 30°58′4″E / 49.06972°N 30.96778°E / 49.06972; 30.96778
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Zvenyhorodka Raion
Hromada	Zvenyhorodka urban hromada
Established	1394
City rights	1938
Area
• Total	20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	16,269
Postal code	20200-20207
Area code	+380 4740
Website	www.zven.gov.ua

Zvenyhorodka (Ukrainian: Звенигородка, IPA: [zwenɪɦoˈrɔdkɐ]) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine, situated on the Hnylyi Tikych River. The town is the administrative center of Zvenyhorodka Raion. It hosts the administration of Zvenyhorodka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] The city has a population of 16,269 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Zvenyhorodka has its origins in the days of the Kievan Rus' and the first mention of the city dates back to 1394, although its actual origins are likely to be older, as the city was previously destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. According to modern legend, the original city was situated 3km further from its current location, encircling a conical mountain.^[3]

In 1504 Zvenyhorodka became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after being relinquished by Meñli I Giray. It passed to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in 1569 following the capture of Right-bank Ukraine. Following this takeover, the population was subject to significant socio-economic oppression from the Polish aristocracy in the forms of various taxes. During the 1648–1654 Khmelnytsky Uprising, the townsfolk revolted and expelled the Polish nobility from the region. Zvenyhorodka then remained part of the Korsun Regiment, a military-territorial unit of the Hetman state, until the Polish crown regained control of Right-bank Ukraine in 1667 as per the Andrusiv Armistice.

Under Polish rule, the population suffered under socio-economic oppression again and fell victim to various national and religious hostilities. The Catholic clergy violently pursued a campaign of polarising Ukrainian nationals, which led to several uprisings in the 18th century. Haydamak forces were active in the area, led by the Cossack Gnat Goly [uk], and they twice stormed the local castle, in 1737 and then 1743. Following these attacks, the Polish government built fortifications around the castle, including new towers and barracks.

During the Koliivshchyna rebellion in 1768, many residents of the city joined the insurgents in fighting against the Catholic church and Polish nobility, among others, due to the treatment of peasants and their serfdom. The rebellion was unsuccessful and the city remained under Polish control. In 1792 King Stanisław August Poniatowski granted Zwinogródka city rights under Magdeburg law and it became a royal city of Poland. In the following year it was annexed by Russia after the Second Partition of Poland.

From 1798 Zvenyhorodka became an administrative centre of uyezd in Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire. The intensive development of trade owing to the inclusion of Zvenyhorodka in the Russian market allowed for rapid development of industries, in particularly dairy and lumber, as well as pottery and handicrafts. The city became one of the centres of the dairy industry alongside Chyhyryn and Bila Tserkva. In the 1830s the city saw considerable development including the construction of a local hospital, post office, telegraph communications, and a bridge over the river Hnylyi Tikich. Classes began at the parish school in 1833 with just over 20 students being educated and most of the population being illiterate at the time.

Around the turn to the 20th century the town had a train station, three Greek Orthodox churches and one Roman Catholic church.^[4]

A congress of Free Cossacks took place in the town in April 1917 during the Ukrainian struggle for independence. ^[5]

A local newspaper has been published here since March 14, 1919.^[6]

• 1850: 7, 501^[3]
• 1897: 16, 972^[4]
• 1926: 18, 020, 61% Ukrainians, 37% Jews, 1% Russians and 1% Poles.^[7]
• 1989: 22, 740^[8]
• 2013: 17, 958^[9]

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:^[10]

• Ahatanhel Krymsky (1871–1942), Ukrainian philologist and orientalist.
• David Günzburg (1857–1910), Russian orientalist and Jewish communal leader.
• Horace Günzburg (1833–1909), Russian philanthropist.
• Grigory Petrovich Nikulin (1895–1965), Russian Bolshevik and Chekist.

• List of cities in Ukraine

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  Taras Shevchenko monument
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  Ahatanhel Krymsky Museum
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  Zvenyhorodka Conglomerate geologic landmark

• (in Ukrainian) (1972) Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP – Черкаська область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR – Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.