Ivanhorod () is a village in Uman Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central

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. It is located from the capital

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. It belongs to Khrystynivka urban hromada with the administration in the town of Khrystynivka, one of the

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s of Ukraine.

History

The first traces of a settlement date back to prehistoric times, with archeological findings from the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. In the

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Ivanhorod lay on the Chumak trade road from

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. From the 13th century on, it was part of the

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and subsequently, until 1791, the

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.Склад Уманського козацького полку
/ref> The village (from 1609 owned by the Kalinowski family) lay on the path of the Khmelnytsky Uprising.Ю. А. Мицик, О. Г. Бажан, В. С. Власов, Історія України, Києво-Могилянська академія, Київ 2008
/ref>''Diary of Albrecht Stanisław Radziwiłł''
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. Also: After the

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Iwanogród became part of the

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. The Jewish community in Ivanhorod dates back to early 19th century. In 1897, the Jewish population was 442 people. During the Holocaust (on what is now Ukrainian territory), a mass murder was committed by the German '' Einsatzgruppe'' in the southern part of Ivanhorod (1942) with an unknown number of victims. It is known by the Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph. Until 18 July 2020, Ivanhorod belonged to Khrystynivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Khrystynivka Raion was merged into Uman Raion.

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Economy

As of 2013, Ivanhorod had 504 employed residents, with the main economic activity being agriculture. There is a school in the village, a library with 18,000 books, a medical clinic with 9 employees, pharmacy, a post office, a bank, and several large farms.

Notes and references

{{Cherkasy Oblast Holocaust locations in Ukraine Villages in Uman Raion