Hajach

This article is about the city in Ukraine, for information on the village of the same name in Kharkiv Oblast, see Hajach (village) .

Hajach
Гадяч
	Hajach
Basic data
Oblast :	Poltava Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	109 m
Area :	17.78 km²
Residents :	23,280 (January 1, 2006)
Population density :	1,309 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	37300
Area code :	+380 5354
Geographic location :	50 ° 22 ′  N , 34 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
KOATUU :	5320410100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Tetiana Savchenko
Address:	вул. Л. Українки 3 37300 м. Гадяч
Statistical information
Hajach

Hadiach ( Ukrainian Гадяч , Gadjatsch ; polish Hadziacz ) is a town in the central Ukraine oblast Poltawa at the mouth of Hrun in the Psel . Hadjach is the center of the Rajon of the same name , but administratively not part of it. The name of the place is derived from the old Slavic word gadiach and means "good for life".

history

Hadjach Surroundings (1650)

It was founded under Polish-Lithuanian sovereignty, although the exact date is not known. Hadjatsch was first mentioned in a document in 1634. With the beginning of the uprising of the Ukrainian Cossacks under Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj against Poland-Lithuania in 1648, the place became part of the Cossack state. In 1649 the Hadjach Hundreds commanded by Kindrat Burljaj consisted of 245 Cossacks. In the spring of 1658 negotiations between the Polish emissaries S. Bieniewski and K. Jewłaszewski and the Ukrainian Cossacks under Jurij Nemyrytsch and Pavlo Teteria took place in the city . Significant agreements were made here, which were ultimately ratified in the so-called " Treaty of Hadjach " or the "Union of Hadjatsch" by the Cossack Council in September 1658 in nearby Lypowa Dolyna . From 1663 to 1668 the place became the residence of the hetman of the left bank of Ukraine Ivan Brjuchowezkyj and thus the administrative center of the Cossacks of this area. During this time, residence and administration buildings, churches and new fortifications were built.

Hajach region (1800)

During the Great Northern War , the fortress Hadjatsch was occupied by the Swedes in 1709 , who set up a hospital there. From 1713 the city officially belonged to Russia and in 1803 it became part of the Poltava Governorate and the administrative center of a powit . In 1782 there were 3734 inhabitants in Hajach, including 1827 men and 1907 women.

In the 19th century, the city could not grow much because there was initially no connection to the railway network . Based on the first Russian census, Hajach had 7,721 inhabitants in 1897, with Ukrainians (72.85%), Jews (24.01%) and Russians (2.6%) making up the largest population groups. At the turn of the century, the city consisted of 60 stone, 950 wooden and 102 mud houses. There were 16 smaller industrial companies, nine windmills and three water mills. There were four Orthodox churches and two Jewish houses of prayer in terms of religious institutions. Furthermore, the city had a municipal educational institution and a municipal bank.

Population development

In the first half of the 20th century, the city's population suffered heavy losses from the famine and World War II . This particularly affected the Jewish population, who had been affected by pogroms in 1905 and 1919. On January 9, 1942, the Germans carried out a mass execution in the village.

After 1945 the city experienced a strong growth phase. In 1959, 11,725 ​​people lived in Hajaj, compared to 14,478 in 1970, 18,578 in 1979 and 24,375 in 1989. In the course of the transformation crisis , the population has declined by more than 10%. The city has developed into a place of pilgrimage for Jews from all over the world in the 1990s, as Rabbi Chabar Scheur-Salmana , who played an important role in the Hasidic movement , is buried here. There is also a small Jewish community. The city has a cultural college, a technical college, four general secondary schools and six kindergartens. Sights include a stone church (Ukrainian Всіхсвятська церква Vsichswajatska zerkwa ) from 1836.

The city was under district administration until May 13, 2015 and was placed under oblast administration from that day.

Economy and Transport

The city's industrial focus is on the food and building materials industries . There are developed oil and gas fields in the vicinity of the city. Hajach is on the T-1705 road ( Zavodske - Hajach - Ochtyrka ). It is connected to the Kremenchuk - Romodan - Romny - Bachmatsch - Homel railway line via a branch line .

Personalities

• Residence of the Ukrainian hetman and Russian boyar Ivan Brjuchowezkyj († 1668)
• Place of death of Rabbi Schneur Salman (1745–1812)
• Birthplace of the Ukrainian historian, philosopher, literary scholar and publicist Mychajlo Drahomanow (1841–1895)
• Birthplace of the Ukrainian writer and journalist Olena Ptschilka (1849–1930)
• Residence (1858–1865) of the Ukrainian writer and translator Panas Myrnyj (1849–1920)
• Place of residence and death of the Ukrainian poet and translator Petro Drahomanow (1802–1860)
• Birthplace of the Ukrainian politician Andrij Makarenko (1885–1963)

Web links

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

• Gadyach's unofficial website
• Soviet topographic map
• Historic photo (date unknown)
• Photo from 1946
• Traditional hajach cloth (late 19th / early 20th century)
• Historical postage stamps from Hajach
• Information page of the Association of Ukrainian Cities (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tschyselnist najawnoho naselennja Ukrajiny, Kiev 2006
2. ↑ Website of the Union of Ukrainian Cities ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Gadjatsch  - Article in the Encyclopedic Dictionary by Brockhaus and Efron , Saint Petersburg 1890–1907 (Russian)
4. ↑ Tschornyj, Cerhij (2001): Nazionalnyj Sklad Naselennja Ukrajiny v XX storitschtschi
5. ↑ Eyewitness report from the Hadjatsch district ( memento of the original dated November 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbook of the Poltava Oblast 2002
7. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від May 13, 2015 № 399-VIII Про віднесення міста Гадяч Гадяцького району Полтавської облтавської облавсті. Області. Області. Області
8. ↑ Ukrainian School Atlas