Kryzhopil

Urban locality in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Urban-type settlement in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Kryzhopil Крижопіль
Urban-type settlement
Monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kryzhopil
Coat of arms
48°23′3″N 28°51′45″E / 48.38417°N 28.86250°E / 48.38417; 28.86250
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Vinnytsia Oblast
Raion	Tulchyn Raion
Founded	1866
Population (2022)^[1]
• Total	8,479
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	+380 4374

Kryzhopil (Ukrainian: Крижопіль, romanized: Kryzhopilʹ; Russian: Крыжополь, romanized: Kryzhopol) is an urban-type settlement in Tulchyn Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. Before the 2020 reform, the settlement was the administrative centre of the former Kryzhopil Raion. Population: 8,479 (2022 estimate).^[1]

History

Kryzhopil was founded in 1866 during the construction of Kyiv-Odesa railroad and named after village Krzyżopol, located 17 km from the modern settlement. Railway station started to operate in August 1870. Since foundation to 1923 the settlement was a part of Olgopolsky Uyezd of Podolian Governorate.

During World War II, Kryzhopil was occupied by Romanian forces and became a part of Transnistria Governorate. The settlement was retaken by the Red Army on 17 March 1944.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kryzhopil include:

Sidor Belarsky (1898–1975), Ukrainian-American singer

References

^ ^a ^b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.