Bohuslaw

This article deals with the city in Ukraine; for information on the village of the same name in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Pavlohrad Raion, see Bohuslaw (village) .

Bohuslaw
Богуслав
	Bohuslaw
Basic data
Oblast :	Kiev Oblast
Rajon :	Bohuslaw District
Height :	no information
Area :	71 km²
Residents :	16,698 (2014)
Population density :	235 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	09700
Area code :	+380 4561
Geographic location :	49 ° 33 '  N , 30 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 32 '48 "  N , 30 ° 52' 32"  E
KOATUU :	3220610100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Шевченка 40 09 700 м. Богуслав
Website :	boguslavmrada.com.ua
Statistical information
Bohuslaw

Bohuslaw ( Ukrainian Богуслав ; Russian Богуслав Boguslaw ) is a city in the south of Kiev Oblast in Ukraine with about 16,700 inhabitants (2014).

The city is located on the banks of the Ros River 120 km south of Kiev and is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name .

history

The village was founded in 1032 by Yaroslav the Wise . In 1240 Bohuslaw was destroyed by the Mongol-Tatar hordes . Since 1362 Bohuslaw belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , and after the Union of Lublin in 1569 to Poland-Lithuania . In 1620 Bohuslaw received Magdeburg city rights . During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising and the Russo-Polish War , the city came under different domains until it went back to Poland in 1667 through the Treaty of Andrussowo .

In 1793 the city became part of the Russian Empire , together with the entire Right Bank of Ukraine . In 1919 the city fell to the Soviet Union . In 1923 Bohuslaw became the administrative center of the newly established Rajon and in 1938 Bohuslaw's city status was renewed. From 1941 to 1943 the city, occupied by Wehrmacht troops, was part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine . After the liberation by the Red Army , Bohuslaw fell back to the USSR and in 1991 finally became part of the now independent Ukraine.

population

Population development

1885	1897	1923	1926	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2014
8,451	11,372	12,149	12,137	9,455	12,264	16,885	19,107	17,135	16,698

Source:

Rajon

Bohuslaw is the administrative seat of the Rajons of the same name, founded in 1923. The Bohuslaw Rajon is located in the south of the Kiev Oblast, has about 35,700 inhabitants and an area of ​​772 km². The population density is 47 inhabitants per km².

See also : List of Rajons of Ukraine

Personalities

• Ivan Soshenko (1807–1876), painter and teacher
• Hélène Sparrow (1891–1970), Polish-French bacteriologist and microbiologist
• Oleksandra Tymoshenko (* 1972), athlete
• Olga Bezsmertna (* 1983), opera singer

Web links

Commons : Bohuslaw  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bohuslaw district administration website (Ukrainian)
• Entry on the place in the geographical directory of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org