Horodyshche

• Official Name — Horodyshche • Native Name — Городище • Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Oblast • Subdivision Name1 — Cherkasy Oblast • Subdivision Type2 — Raion • Subdivision Name2 — Cherkasy Raion • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1050 • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 13 062 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 19500 — 19507 • Area Code — +380 4734 • Website — 1=Municipal website • Subdivision Type3 — Hromada • Subdivision Name3 — Horodyshche urban hromada

A local newspaper has been published there since 1930. It was occupied by German forces during World War II from the summer of 1941 until 1944. It has been a city since 1956. In January 1989 the population was 17,109. In January 2013 the population of the city was 14,291. Until 18 July 2020, Horodyshche was an administrative center of Horodyshche Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Horodyshche Raion was split between Cherkasy and Zvenyhorodka Raions, with Horodyshche being transferred to Cherkasy Raion.

Horodyshche is known as a centre of sugar industry and vegetable conservation. The town also houses an agricultural technical school.

• Illustration — House of Ivan Le in Horodyshche • Petro Hulak-Artemovsky (1790-1865), Ukrainian poet and fabulist • Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873), singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work. • Ivan Le (1895–1978), Ukrainian Soviet author, lived here. • Jacob Lestschinsky (1876–1966), Jewish sociologist and journalist.