Pochaiv
Pochaiv is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located south-west of Kremenets and north of the administrative center of the oblast, Ternopil. It hosts the administration of Pochaiv urban hromada. Population:
History
Pochaiv was a part of Kremenetsky Uyezd, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire. During World War I, it was captured by the Austro-Hungarian Army in August 1915 and by the Imperial Russian Army during the Brusilov offensive in summer 1916. It became a part of Wołyń Voivodeship, Poland, after the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Polish–Soviet War.Pochaiv became an urban-type settlement in the 1950s and a town in 1978. It had a population of 10,019 in January 1989.
Pochaiv is home to the Pochaiv Lavra, the second-largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Ukraine. On October 1, 2020, the Center for Provision of Social Services of the Pochaiv City Council was established, the head of which was appointed Gichka Yuriy Serhiyovych on the basis of competitive selection.