Rozhyshche

Rozhyshche Рожище Rożyszcze (in Polish)
City
St. Michael Church
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°54′47″N 25°16′12″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, IPA: [ˈrɔʒɪʃtʃe]; Polish: Rożyszcze; Yiddish: ראזשישטש, romanized: Rozhishch) is a city in Volyn Oblast, in north-western Ukraine. It serves as an administrative center of Rozhyshche urban hromada. Population: 12,483 (2022 estimate).[1]

It is situated on the Styr river in the historic region of Volhynia.

History

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1870	860	—
1921	3,263	+279.4%
Source: [2][3]

In 1795, as a result of the Third Partition of Poland, the settlement was annexed by the Russian Empire, within which it was administratively located in Lutsky Uyezd in Volhynian Governorate. It saw an influx of Jews as a result of Russian discriminatory policies (see Pale of Settlement).

In the interwar period, it was the seat of a gmina, administratively located in the Łuck County in the Wołyń Voivodeship of Poland. According to the 1921 census, the town's population was 79.8% Jewish, 9.2% Polish, 5.7% German, 4.1% Ukrainian.[3]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, it was initially occupied by the Soviet Union, then by Nazi Germany from June 1941, and then once again by the Soviets from 1944.

A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.[4]

In January 1989 the population was 14 391 people.[5] City since August 1989.

Gallery

• 
  Transfiguration Church (1920)
• 
  House of Culture
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  St. Michael Church (entrance view)
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  World War II Memorial

References

1. 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.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1889. p. 875.
3. Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. IX. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1923. p. 35.
4. № 2643. Свет Октября // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр. 346
5. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу