Pochaiv (, ; ; ; ) is a city in

Kremenets Raion Kremenets Raion () is a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil O ...

, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located south-west of

Kremenets Kremenets (, ; ; ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kremenets Raion, and lies north-east of the Pochaiv Lavra. The city is situated in the historic region of Volhynia and features the 12th-c ...

and north of the administrative center of the oblast,

Ternopil Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...

. It hosts the administration of Pochaiv urban hromada. Population:

History

Pochaiv was a part of

Kremenetsky Uyezd Kremenetsky Uyezd (''Кременецкий уезд''; ''Кременецький повіт'') was one of the subdivisions of the Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administra ...

, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire. During

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, it was captured by the

Austro-Hungarian Army The Austro-Hungarian Army, also known as the Imperial and Royal Army,; was the principal ground force of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. It consisted of three organisations: the Common Army (, recruited from all parts of Austria-Hungary), ...

in August 1915 and by the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and ...

during the Brusilov offensive in summer 1916. It became a part of Wołyń Voivodeship, Poland, after the

1917 Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a civil war. It ...

and the

Polish–Soviet War The Polish–Soviet War (14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921) was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution. After the collapse ...

. Pochaiv became an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

in the 1950s and a town in 1978. It had a population of 10,019 in January 1989.Почаев // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.190 Pochaiv is home to the

Pochaiv Lavra __NOTOC__ The Holy Dormition Pochaiv Lavra (, , ), also sometimes known as the Pochaiv Monastery, is a monastery and lavra in Pochaiv, Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochaiv, 18&nbs ...

, the second-largest

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...

monastery in Ukraine. On October 1, 2020, the Center for Provision of Social Services of the Pochaiv City Council was established, the head of which was appointed Gichka Yuriy Serhiyovych on the basis of competitive selection.

Gallery

File:Почаевская Лавра-19.JPG, Panoramic view of Pochaiv File:Počajiv' near Lavra - panoramio.jpg, Street near Pochaiv Lavra File:Počajiv, centrum 01.jpg, City center File:Почаевская лавра. Духовная семинария..jpg, Seminary building

References

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