Chyhyryn Чигирин
View of Chyhyryn from the city's Castle Hill.
Coat of arms
Map of Ukraine with Cherkasy highlighted.
Chyhyryn Location of Chyhyryn
Coordinates: 49°02′0″N 32°40′0″E / 49.033333°N 32.666667°E / 49.033333; 32.666667
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Chyhyrynskyi Raion
City rights	1592
Government
- Mayor	Vadym Zelenyi
Area
- Total	14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Population
- Total	11,960
- Density	854/km2 (2,211.8/sq mi)
Postal code	20900-20906
Area code(s)	+380 4730
Website	www.ckrada.com

Chyhyryn (Ukrainian: Чигирин; Russian: Чигирин, translit. Chigirin; Polish: Czehryń, Turkish: Çehrin) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. The city rests on the banks of Tyasmyn River, and is the administrative center of the Chyhyrynskyi Raion. It is located at around 49°5′N 32°40′E / 49.083°N 32.667°E / 49.083; 32.667. The current estimated population is 12,900.

[edit] Environment

The city lies at the altitude of 124 metres above mean sea level. Minor industry, such as food and furniture factories, exist in the town today. The area code is +380 4730.

[edit] History

The area (1320-1569) had been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was ceded to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (in the Kijów Voivodeship of the Crown of Poland) since before the Union of Lublin. It was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1592 by Sigismund III Vasa.

Chyhyryn is first mentioned as a fortified Cossack winter station. In 1638, Bohdan Khmelnytsky became its starosta (regional leader), and in 1648 became the newly elected hetman's residence and the capital of the Cossack state, the Zaporozhian Host.

Czehryn (pol. Czehryn or Czehrin, germ. Tschehrin) on the Tyasmin River (Kijów Voivodeship, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). A fragment of piece Tractus Borysthenis Vulgo Dniepr at Niepr dicti. map by Joannii Janssonii (Amsterdam, 1663)

In 1660, the capital was moved to Baturyn. During the Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) it was the center of two bloody campaigns (1675-76 and 1677-78). After this it gradually lost its significance. It remained the center of the Chyhyryn regiment until 1712, was the capital of the Cossack Hetmanate and upon incorporation into the Russian Empire (1793) it became part of the Kiev region.

The Trinity Monastery, built near Chyhyryn in 1627, was later destroyed by the Soviet authorities. Other historical landmarks, such as the town hall and Khmelnytsky's palace, did not survive either and today there are only remnants of fortifications.

[edit] International relations

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Chyhyryn is twinned with:

City	Country	Year of Signing
Sebastopol, California	United States

[edit] External links

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