Tarashcha

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City in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

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::summary City in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine ::

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FieldValue
native_nameТараща
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image_captionSteam mill
image_flagTarasha prapor.png
image_shieldTarashcha COA (Kiev Governorate) (1852).png
map_captionTarashcha is located within Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine.
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1Oblast
subdivision_type2Raion
subdivision_name
subdivision_name1Kyiv Oblast
subdivision_name2Bila Tserkva Raion
subdivision_type3Hromada
subdivision_name3Tarashcha urban hromada
established_titleFounded
Magdeburg Rights
established_date1709
1791
leader_titleMayor
area_total_km236.96
population_as_of2022
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postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code09504
area_code+380 4566
nameTarashcha
native_name_languk
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settlement_typeCity
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Tarashcha or Tarascha (, ) is a city in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tarashcha urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:

History

Tarashcha is an historic Cossack town (in the 17th century through 17th century - rather a city). It was founded when the area was under the ultimate control of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Until the mid-20th century, the town had a significant Jewish community, being a shtetl. The town was occupied by the German army on July 23, 1941.

Jews were forced to wear armbands with the Star of David, were not allowed to buy food and were relegated to forced labour. Afterward, a ghetto was established on Tarasha Street. Executions of the Jewish population were carried out by German security forces, S.S. Viking Division, detachment of Einsatzgruppe, in cooperation with Einsatzkommando 5 and local police. The execution of Jews started from the very first days of German occupation. Several executions were conducted. The main actions took place in August 1941, with 400 Jewish victims; on September 10, 1941, during which several hundred Jews were killed; while on November 9, 1941, the ghetto was liquidated. Altogether, up to 1,000 Jews were exterminated in Tarashcha between August and November 1941.

Modern developments

Recently, the town has become known as the place of the clandestine burial and later recovery of Georgiy Gongadze, a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Місця_проведення_змагань_з_мотоспорту.jpg" caption="Motorcycle track near Tarashcha"] ::

Also, the Tarashcha Raion is closely associated with the prominent Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Moroz: he was born and started his career here, later became elected to the parliament from the local constituency. Moroz is the most notable and influential person in the neighborhood. There were even speculations between these two facts and Moroz's significant role in Gongadze case and Cassette Scandal.

Until 18 July 2020, Tarashcha was the administrative center of Tarashcha Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Tarashcha Raion was merged into Bila Tserkva Raion.

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: ::data[format=table]

LanguagePercentage
Ukrainian97.38%
Russian2.24%
other/undecided0.38%
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Notable people

References

References

  1. "Таращанская городская громада". Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. "Yahad - in Unum".
  3. (2020-07-18). "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.".
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад". Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".

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