Pochaiv

• Name — Pochaiv • Native Name — Почаїв • Native Name Lang — uk • Settlement Type — City • Image Skyline — Панорама Почаївська лавра 02.jpg • Image Caption — View of Pochaiv and its monastery • Image Flag — Flag of Pochaiv.svg • Image Shield — Pochaiv gerb.png • Pushpin Map — Ukraine Ternopil Oblast#Ukraine • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Oblast • Subdivision Name1 — Ternopil Oblast • Subdivision Type2 — Raion • Subdivision Name2 — Kremenets Raion • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Title1 — Magdeburg rights • Leader Title — City Mayor • Unit Pref — Metric • Population Total — 7633 • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Area Code Type — Area code • Subdivision Type3 — Hromada • Subdivision Name3 — Pochaiv urban hromada Pochaiv (Pochayev; Poczajów; Pitshayev) is a city in Kremenets Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located 18 km south-west of Kremenets and 70 km north of the administrative center of the oblast, Ternopil. It hosts the administration of Pochaiv urban hromada. Population:

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. • Illustration — Logo of the Center for Social Services of Pochaiv City Council

• Ivan Khvorostetskyi (1888–1958), Ukrainian painter

• Illustration — Panoramic view of Pochaiv • Illustration — Street near Pochaiv Lavra • Illustration — City center • Illustration — Seminary building