Khotyn
Хотин1 Hotin | |
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 Panoramic view of the Khotyn Fortress | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.png) Detailed map of Chernivtsi Oblast (yellow) with Khotyn | |
  Khotyn Location of Khotyn .svg) Khotyn Khotyn (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′25″N 26°29′25″E / 48.50694°N 26.49028°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| Raion | Dnistrovskyi Raion |
| Hromada | Khotyn urban hromada |
| First chronicled | September 22, 1002 |
| City rights | 11th century |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrii Dranchuk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 182.15 km2 (70.33 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18 426 |
| • Density | 545.6/km2 (1,413/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 60000–60005 |
| Area code | +380 3731 |
| Website | http://khotynmr.gov.ua/ |
Khotyn (Ukrainian: Хотин, pronounced [xɔˈtɪn]; Romanian: Hotin, pronounced [hoˈtin]; see other names) is a city in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, located south-west of Kamianets-Podilskyi. It hosts the administration of Khotyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, it has a population of 11,124. Current population: 8,936 (2022 estimate).[2]
Khotyn, first chronicled in 1001,[3] is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Dniester River, and is part of the historical region Bessarabia. Important architectural landmarks within the city include the Khotyn Fortress, constructed in the 13-15th centuries (new fortress started in 1325, major improvements in the 1380s and 1460s), and two 15th century constructions by Moldavia's ruler Stephen the Great: the Prince's Palace (Palatul Domnesc) and the city's clock tower.
Historically, the town was part of the Kyivan Rus and the Galicia-Volyn Principality (from foundation to 1359)
Principality of Moldavia (1359–1432, 1459–1538, 1541–1562, 1572–1615, 1617–1620, 1621–1673, 1674–1684, 1699–1712)
And the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1432–1459, 1538–1541, 1562–1572, 1615–1617, 1620–1621, 1673–1674, 1684–1699). For most of the period after 1514, Moldavia was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, which also ruled Khotyn directly (1711–1812). Subsequently, it was part of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire (1812–1917),
De jure it was part of Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918).
Annexed by Romania (1918–1940, 1941–1944),
Attached to Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union (1940–1941, 1944–1991) and now is part of independent Ukraine (1991–present).
- ^ "Хотинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Khotyn". Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2007-05-28.