Horokhiv

Horokhiv
City

Horokhiv District administration

Seal
Horokhiv
Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E / 50.49944°N 24.76500°E / 50.49944; 24.76500Coordinates: 50°29′58″N 24°45′54″E / 50.49944°N 24.76500°E / 50.49944; 24.76500
Country Ukraine
Oblast (province) Volyn
Raion (district) Horokhiv
Government
  Mayor Viktor Hodyk
Elevation 213 m (699 ft)
Population (2015)
  Total 9,165[1]

Horokhiv (Ukrainian: Горохів, Polish: Horochów, Yiddish: ארכעוו, Russian: Горохов) is a town in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Horokhiv Raion. Population: 9,165(2015 est.)[1]

History

The first written mention of it was in 1240 in the Hypatian Codex. During WWII, hundreds of Jews[2] of the city are kept imprisoned in a ghetto before being murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen.[3][4]

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