Trakhtemyriv (, ) is a very small village in

Cherkasy Raion Cherkasy Raion () is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast. It is located in the central part of Cherkasy oblast, and the center of the raion is the city of Cherkasy. The population is On 18 July 2020, as part of the administr ...

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. It belongs to Bobrytsia rural hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. In the past it was a city and quartered the

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of the

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since 1578. Part of the former city is submerged by the Kaniv Reservoir. The city also included a legendary settlement of Zarub that is mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicles of 1096 and 1168. As of 2007 the village housed total of only 9 people. From around 2013 the village has no permanent population, and is inhabited mainly during the summer period. The village has no public electricity, water supply or canalisation. Trakhtemyriv is located to the north from Kaniv.

History

The first known owner of the territory where village located is

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Kaniv Kaniv (, ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. The city rests on the Dnieper River, and is one of the main inland river ports on the Dnieper. It is an urban hromada of Ukraine. Population: Kaniv is a historical tow ...

and

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Ostap Dashkevych who lived in the 16th century. After the death of Dashkevych, the settlement with its adjacent territories was transferred to the

Kiev Cave Monastery The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv. Sin ...

. The transfer was confirmed by the

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. Soon thereafter Trakhtemyriv was raided and destroyed by Tatars. By the mid 16th century it was completely depopulated with a single monk staying at a local monastery. The Kiev Cave Monastery transferred the property to the administration of the Kiev Castle in 1545. In 1552 here were resettled seven families. With the organization of

of the

in 1578 by the King of Poland

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, the city was given to the administration of the newly formed military force, while next to the local monastery was built a military hospital (1576). In 1621 in the city of Trakhtemyriv stopped the

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. Following the

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, Trakhtemyriv was destroyed by the Polish regular army in 1637 and once again by the

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army in 1678. Until 18 July 2020 Trakhtemyriv belonged to

Kaniv Raion Kaniv Raion () was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Kaniv which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion ...

. The raion was abolished as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Kaniv Raion was merged into Cherkasy Raion.

References

External links

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