Horodysche

Horodysche Городище
The Mykhailivska Church in Horodysche (1844).
Horodysche Location of Horodysche
Coordinates: 49°17′33″N 31°27′29″E
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast Horodysche Raion
Founded	1050
Population (1 January 2010)
• Total	15,253
Postal code	19500 — 19507
Area code(s)	+380 4734
Website	http://mrada.hmarka.net/

Horodysche (Ukrainian: Городище) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The city rests on the Vilshanka River and is the administrative center of the Horodysche Raion (district).

Current estimated population: 15,491 (2001).

Horodyshche was the birthplace of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, a singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work.

References

• (Ukrainian) Icтopia мicт i ciл Укpaїнcькoї CCP - Черкаськa область (History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR - Cherkasy Oblast). Kiev, 1972
• (Ukrainian) site of the Horodyshchensky Raion
• (Ukrainian) site of the Horodyshche