Chyhyryn

Chyhyryn
Чигирин
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View of Chyhyryn
Flag of Chyhyryn
Coat of arms of Chyhyryn
Chyhyryn is located in Cherkasy Oblast
Chyhyryn
Chyhyryn
Location of Chyhyryn
Chyhyryn is located in Ukraine
Chyhyryn
Chyhyryn
Chyhyryn (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°04′38″N 32°38′57″E / 49.07722°N 32.64917°E / 49.07722; 32.64917
Country Ukraine
OblastCherkasy Oblast
RaionCherkasy Raion
HromadaChyhyryn urban hromada
City rights1592
Government
 • MayorSerhiy Oleksiiovych Tymchenko
Area
 • Total14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
124 m (407 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total8,539
 • Density854/km2 (2,210/sq mi)
Postal code
20900-20906
Area code+380 4730
Remnants of fortification walls in 19th century (not preserved)

Chyhyryn (Ukrainian: Чигирин, pronounced [tʃɪɦɪˈrɪn]; Polish: Czehryń, pronounced [ˈt͡ʂɛ.xrɨɲ]) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located on Tiasmyn river not far where it enters Dnieper.

From 1648 to 1669, the city served as the residence of the hetman of the Zaporizhian Host. After a forced relocation of the Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan see from Kyiv in 1658, it became a full-fledged capital of the Cossack Hetmanate. Among Metropolitans who served out of Chyhyryn were family of Tukalsky: Dionysius Balaban-Tukalskyi and Joseph Tukalskyi-Nelyubovych. Chyhyryn also became a traditional place for the appointment to the office of the hetman of the Zaporizhian Host.

Since the 17th century, the significance of the settlement was diminished to a semi-rural populated place. It hosts the administration of Chyhyryn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 8,539 (2022 estimate).[2]

  1. ^ "Чигиринська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  2. ^ 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.