Chuhuiv

City in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

City in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Chuhuiv

Чугуїв

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Coordinates: 49°50′8″N 36°41′11″E﻿ / ﻿49.83556°N 36.68639°E﻿ / 49.83556; 36.68639
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast| Kharkiv Oblast
Raion| Chuhuiv Raion
Hromada| Chuhuiv urban hromada
Founded| 1638
Area

• Total

| 12.77 km2 (4.93 sq mi)
Population

(2022)

• Total

| 31,018
• Density| 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

63500—63509

Website| http://chuguev-rada.gov.ua/

Chuhuiv (Ukrainian: Чугуїв) or Chuguev (Russian: Чугуев) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Chuhuiv Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Chuhuiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 31,018 (2022 estimate).[2]

Chuhuiv's food industry focuses on producing mayonnaise along with other staple supporting condiments.[citation needed]

## History

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The City's founding date is disputed with historical assertions ranging from 1540 to 1627. Some academics believe that the city was built upon the orders Russia's first Tsar Ivan the Terrible who reigned from 1547 to 1584.[citation needed]

A military fort was built adjacent to the city in 1638 by Ukrainian Cossacks of Yakiv Ostryanyn (see Ostryanyn uprising) on the order of Muscovite Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. A military presence of some form near Chuhuiv has remained ever since. The Chuguev uprising of 1819 was a revolt of military settlers.

During the government of the Soviet Union, the base became an important military training center. It has been home to the Soviet Air Force Pilot Academy and the Red Army's Artillery School. There is now a Ukrainian Air Force base adjacent to the town.

### Military history

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Kursants (cadets) of the Red Army's Artillery School in Chuhuiv, 1933 Petro Poroshenko at Chuhuiv Air Base, 2016

The city was the home of a major Soviet Air Force base and a military pilot's academy. There is now a Ukrainian Air Force base near the city.[3]

Generally, the city has been an important military point since Cossack times. There was a Soviet Red Army Artillery School (a military academy) in Chuhuiv before World War II.

On 25 September 2020 an An-26 military plane with cadets of the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University crashed and caught fire near Chuhuiv.[4] 26 people were killed and the sole survivor was seriously injured.[4][5][6][7]

### Present day

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There are eight schools in Chuhuiv (grades 1–11), where several Peace Corps volunteers have served since 2004.

Until 18 July 2020, Chuhuiv was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Chuhuiv Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Chuhuiv Municipality was merged into Chuhuiv Raion.[8][9]

Residential building after Russian shelling on 24 February 2022 House of culture shelled on 25 July

As part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chuhuiv was shelled by Russian forces on February 24, 2022. A 14-year-old boy was killed.[10] On the same day, an air base near the city was attacked.

Russia partly captured the city in late February, being on the outskirts of it.[11] On 7 March 2022, Ukrainian forces retook the city and reportedly inflicted heavy casualties on Russian forces, allegedly killing two high-ranking Russian officers during the battle.[12]

## Education

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### Preschool education

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* Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 1[13]
* Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 3
* Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 4
* Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 8[14]
* Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery — kindergarten) No. 12[15]
* Pre-school unit of Chuguev teaching and educational complex No. 6
* Preschool educational institution VESELOCHKA, VCH А0501

There were six pre-school educational institutions and one pre-school unit as part of the Teaching and Educational Complex No. 6 in the city, in the 2013–2014 academic year; they educated 1 195 preschoolers between the ages of 2 and 6 (7) years old.[16]

### General secondary education

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Includes nine schools:[17]

* Ilya Repin Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 1[18]
* Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 2[19]
* Chuguiv comprehensive school of I level No. 3[20]
* Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-II levels No. 4[21]
* Chuguiv gymnasium No. 5[22]
* I. N. Kozhedub, triple Hero of the Soviet Union, Chuguiv teaching and educational complex No. 6[23]
* Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 7
* Chuguiv specialized school of I-III levels No. 8 with advanced study of foreign languages
* Kluhyno-Bashkyrivsʹka comprehensive school of I-III levels[24]

### Out-of-school education

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* Chuguiv Centre of Tourism and Local History[25]
* Chuguiv House of Children and Youth Creativity[26]
* Chuguiv Children and Youth Sports School

### Specialized technical schools

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* Chuguiv Professional Lyceum[27]
* Chuguiv Professional Agrarian Lyceum[28]

## Demographics

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As of the 2001 census in Ukraine, Chuhuiv had a population of 37,348. The majority of the city's population are ethnic Ukrainians, yet it has the highest incidence of people with a Russian background in any major settlement in the entire Kharkiv region. The exact distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 census was:[29]

| Ethnic groups in Chuhuiv

|  | percent
Ukrainians |

| 54.62%
Russians |

| 42.49%
Belarusians |

| 0.67%
Georgians |

| 0.35%
Armenians |

| 0.33%
Azerbaijanis |

| 0.14%
Jews |

| 0.10%
Tatars |

| 0.10%

## Notable people

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* Inna Dorofeieva (born 1965), ballerina
* Ilya Repin (1844–1930), sculptor and painter of the Peredvizhniki art school
* Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979), artist and art critic
* Yurii Sodol (born 1970), Ukrainian military officer
* Ernest Pogosyants (1935-1990), was a Soviet-Armenian composer of chess problems and endgame studies.

## Gallery

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* Ilya Repin monument

* House of a military settler

* Church of the Icon of Theotokos

* Downtown Chuhuiv

* Shopping rows

* Early 19th century cathedral

* Ilya Repin's house

* Former City Hall

* View of Chuhuiv around 1910

## References

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1. ^ "Чугуевская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ (in Ukrainian) Аварія літака на Харківщині: трансляція з місця катастрофи (Plane crash in Kharkiv region: broadcast from the crash site), UNIAN (25 September 2020)
4. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) PLANE FALL IN KHARKIV REGION: TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 September 2020)
(in Ukrainian) Біля Чугуєва розбився літак АН-26 з курсантами на борту: що відомо – фото, відео (AN-26 plane crashed near Chuhuiv with cadets on board: all that is known - photos, video)
5. ^ "Ukraine military plane crash kills 26; lone survivor praised for "heroism"". cbsnews.com. 27 September 2020.
6. ^ "CRASH OF AN ANTONOV AN-26SH AT CHUHUIV AFB: 26 KILLED". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
7. ^ "Preliminary report". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
8. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
9. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
10. ^ "Boy killed in Russian shelling of Ukrainian apartment building". Israel National News. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
11. ^ "Генштаб ВСУ сообщил об освобождении Чугуева в Харьковской области". Крым.Реалии (in Russian). 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
12. ^ Brugen, Isabel van (2022-03-07). "Ukraine recaptures city of Chuhuiv, kills top Russian commanders: Officials". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
13. ^ "Official website of Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery - kindergarten) No. 1".
14. ^ "Official website of Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery - kindergarten) No. 8".
15. ^ "Official website of Chuhuiv preschool educational institution (nursery - kindergarten) No. 12".
16. ^ "Відділ освіти виконавчого комітету Чугуївської міської ради". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.
17. ^ "Відділ освіти виконавчого комітету Чугуївської міської ради". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10.
18. ^ "Official website of I. Y. Repin Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 1".
19. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-III levels No. 2".
20. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv comprehensive school of I level No. 3".
21. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv comprehensive school of I-II levels No. 4".
22. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv gymnasium No. 5".
23. ^ "Official website of I. N. Kozhedub, triple Hero of the Soviet Union, Chuguiv teaching and educational complex No. 6".
24. ^ "Official website of Kluhyno-Bashkyrivsʹka comprehensive school of I-III levels".
25. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv Centre of Tourism and Local History".
26. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv House of Children and Youth Creativity".
27. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv Professional Lyceum".
28. ^ "Official website of Chuguiv Professional Agrarian Lyceum". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
29. ^ "Національний склад міст". Datatowel.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-25.

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* Berestyn
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* Chuhuiv
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* Zmiiv
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* Chuhuiv
* Derhachi
* Izium
* Kharkiv
* Kupiansk
* Liubotyn
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