Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi
Perejaslav -Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian Переяслав - Хмельницький; Russian Переяслав-Хмельницкий/Perejaslaw-Chmelnizki ) is a city in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine with 29 836 inhabitants ( 2006). Perejaslav -Khmelnytskyi is located on the banks of the river Trubisch southeast of Kiev and is the capital of the eponymous Rajons.
History
Perejaslav -Khmelnytskyi played an important role in the history of Ukraine. The city has been mentioned as 907 Perejaslav documented. The city's name means " the glory has taken over ." Supposedly a battle with the Kipchaks took place here, which was decided by the fact that an unknown Kiev craftsmen a large kyptschakischen Bogatyr in a duel defeated, so that its fame went over to him. 992 left of Kievan Prince Vladimir I. expand the fortress of Perejslaw that should protect from southern steppes Kiev before nomadic raids. Some time was Perejaslav the seat of Russian metropolitans, until in 1037 the Kiev Sofien Cathedral was built. The self-employed from the mid-10th century, the Principality of Perejaslawl played a strategic role in the protection of Kievan Rus against the Kipchaks, Pechenegs later. In 1239 the city was devastated by the Mongols.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1654 called Perejaslav a great council of the Ukrainian Cossacks ( Council of Perejaslav ), which agreed the coalition with Muscovy, as regards the integration of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper had in the Russian Empire result.
1943, the city was renamed in honor of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Perejaslav -Khmelnytskyi.
Population Development
Development of the population ( as of 2004 as of January 1 each )
Attractions
The city and the surrounding area were declared a historic reserve. One of the biggest attractions include:
Personalities
In Perejaslav were born:
- Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916), scoring for Yiddish classical author
- Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) as Leah Berliawsky, Jewish- American sculptor
In Perejeslaw -Khmelnytskyi lived and studied the brothers and well-known boxer Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko to 1996 at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University " Hryhorij Skovoroda " sports science.