Czehryn
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Chyhyryn Чигирин |
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View of Chyhyryn from the city's Castle Hill.
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 Chyhyryn
Chyhyryn
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| Coordinates: 49°04′38″N 32°38′57″E / 49.07722°N 32.64917°ECoordinates: 49°04′38″N 32°38′57″E / 49.07722°N 32.64917°E | ||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Cherkasy Oblast
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| Raion | Chyhyryn Raion | |
| City rights | 1592 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Serhiy Oleksiiovych Tymchenko | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 11,960 | |
| • Density | 854/km2 (2,210/sq mi) | |
| Postal code | 20900-20906 | |
| Area code(s) | +380 4730 | |
| Website | Verkhovna Rada - City of Chygyrin | |
Chyhyryn (Ukrainian: Чигири́н, Ukrainian pronunciation: [t͡ʃɪɦɪˈrɪn]) is a city and important historic site located in the Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. From 1648 to 1669 the city was a Hetman residence, yet after a forced relocation of Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan see from Kiev in 1658 it became a full pledge capital of the Cossack Hetmanate. Chyhyryn also became a traditional place for the appointment to the office of Hetman of Zaporizhian Host.
Chyhyryn (Ukrainian: Чигирин) or Chigirin (Russian: Чигири́н) Polish: Czehryń, Turkish: Çigirin or Çehrin
Today the city resting on the banks of Tiasmyn River is the administrative center of the Chyhyryn Raion with its current population estimated at just over 10,000. The city lies at an altitude of 124 metres above mean sea level. Minor industries, such as food and furniture factories, exist in the town today.
The area (1320–1569) had been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was ceded to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (in the Kijów Voivodeship of the Crown of Poland) before the Union of Lublin. It was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1592 by Sigismund III Vasa.
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