Pereyaslav

Pereyaslav
Переяслав
	Pereyaslav
Basic data
Oblast :	Kiev Oblast
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	no information
Area :	31.52 km²
Residents :	27,694 (2018)
Population density :	879 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	08400-08409
Area code :	+380 4467
Geographic location :	50 ° 4 '  N , 31 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '58 "  N , 31 ° 27' 16"  E
KOATUU :	3223300000
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Ivan Jakymenko
Address:	вул. Б. Хмельницького 27/25 08400 м. Переяслав-Хмельницький
Website :	phm.org.ua
Statistical information
Pereyaslav

Perejaslav ( Ukrainian Переяслав , from 1943 to 2019 Переяслав-Хмельницький Perejaslaw-Khmelnyzkyj ; Russian Переяслав-Хмельницкий. 700 inhabitants of the Ukrainian city ​​of Kiev -Khmelnitsky (2018). Perejaslav is located at the mouth of the Trubisch in the Dnepr , which is dammed up to the Kaniv reservoir , southeast of Kiev and is the capital of the Rajon of the same name .

history

Pereyaslav played an important role in the history of Ukraine and Russia. The city was first mentioned in 907 as Perejaslav . The name of the city means "has taken over the glory". Formerly she was also called Переяславль Pereyaslavl and Переславль Руський Pereslavl Ruski . Allegedly a battle with the Cyclists took place here, which was decided by the fact that an unknown Kiev craftsman defeated a great Cyclic bogatyr in a duel , so that his fame passed on to him. In 992, Prince Vladimir I of Kiev had the fortress of Perejslav expanded, which was supposed to protect Kiev from nomadic raids from the southern steppes. For some time, Perejaslav was the seat of Russian metropolitans , until the Sofia Cathedral was built in Kiev in 1037 . The independent principality of Pereyaslavl , which became independent from the middle of the 10th century, played a strategic role in protecting the Kievan Rus against the Kyptschaks, later Pechenegs . The vicariate of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve has had its seat here since 1054. In 1239 the city was devastated by the Mongols .

1654 appointed Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Perejaslav a great council of the Ukrainian Cossacks one ( Council of Pereyaslav ), which the coalition with Muscovy in the battle against Poland-Lithuania agreed that the later inclusion of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Russian Empire for Result.

On October 12, 1943, the city was renamed in honor of Bohdan Khmelnyzkyi in Pereyaslav-Khmelnyzkyj . On October 30, 2019, the city was renamed Pereyaslav again , following a decision by the Verkhovna Rada on the initiative of the city council .

Population development

Development of the population (from 2004 on January 1st)

• 1974 - 24,600
• 2004 - 30,659
• 2005 - 30,258
• 2006 - 29,836

Attractions

Farmhouse in the open air museum

Post office in the open air museum

The city and the surrounding area have been declared a historical reserve. The biggest attractions include:

• the open-air museum of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Way of Life on the Middle Dnieper , which presents the architecture and tradition of Ukrainians from ancient times to the 20th century in a very extensive way
• the Powernjio kindergarten in the former, very well-preserved Rasumofsky Tea Palace
• the remains of buildings from the 10./11. century
• Buildings from the 16th century: St. Michael's Church, Ascension Monastery (remains, bell tower)
• about 30 museums in the city area on various topics

Personalities

In Pereyaslav were born:

• Jakym Somko (around 1619–1664), Ukrainian hetman from the left bank of Ukraine
• Pavlo Teterja (around 1620–1671), Ukrainian hetman from the right bank of Ukraine
• Mikhail Matwejewitsch Cheraskow (1733–1807), Russian poet and writer
• Scholem Alejchem (1859–1916), an author belonging to the Yiddish classical period
• Petro Cholodnyj (1876–1930), Ukrainian artist and politician
• Georgi Khrustalev-Nossar (1877–1919), Russian revolutionary and politician
• Volodymyr Sabolotnyj (1898–1962), Ukrainian-Soviet architect
• Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) as Leah Berliawsky , Jewish-American sculptor
• Hanna Knjasjewa-Minenko (* 1989), Israeli triple jumper of Ukrainian origin

The brothers and famous boxers Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko lived and studied sports science at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Hryhorij Skoworoda in Perejeslav-Khmelnyzkyj until 1996 .

Town twinning

• Moshaisk , Russia
• Pereslavl-Zalessky , Russia
• Vilejka , Belarus
• Mtskheta , Georgia
• Paide , Estonia
• Kočani , Macedonia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The council renamed Perejaslav-Kmelnyzkyj to Perejaslav in thebabel.com.ua of October 30, 2019; accessed on October 30, 2019 (Ukrainian)
2. ↑ https://glavcom.ua/news/rada-pereymenuvala-chotiri-naselenih-punkti-636468.html
3. ↑ Perejaslav-Khmelnyzkyj on discover-ukraine.info