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Rural locality in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine Place in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Prokhorivka Прохорівка
Prokhorivka is located in Cherkasy OblastProkhorivkaProkhorivkaLocation in Cherkasy Oblast
Coordinates: 49°42′46″N 31°36′49″E / 49.71278°N 31.61361°E / 49.71278; 31.61361
CountryUkraine
OblastCherkasy Oblast
RaionCherkasy Raion
HromadaLipliave rural hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code19023

Prokhorivka (Ukrainian: Прохорівка) is a village in the Lipliave rural hromada of the Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast in Ukraine.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1622. It is marked on Guillaume de Beauplan's map.

On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Kaniv Raion, the village became part of the Cherkasy Raion.

Notable residents

  • Yuri Ilyenko (Yurii Illienko; 1936–2010), Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and politician
  • Mykhailo Maksymovych (1804–1873), professor in plant biology, Ukrainian historian and writer
  • Ya'akov Uri (1888–1970), Israeli politician

In the village visited Taras Shevchenko and Mykola Hohol.

References

  1. "Ліплявська територіальна громада". Децентралізація.
  2. "Прохорівський старостинський округ". Ліплявська сільська рада.
  3. Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року No. 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"
  4. Прохорівка // Шевченківська енциклопедія : у 6 т. / Гол. ред. М. Г. Жулинський. — Київ : Ін-т літератури ім. Т. Г. Шевченка, 2015. — Т. 5 : Пе—С. — S. 378-379.
  5. "Місце на Черкащині, де Гоголь написав повість «Вій», перетворилося на руїни". Укрінформ. 2024-01-09.


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