Tarashcha

Tarashcha Тараща
Steam mill in Tarashcha Steam mill in Tarashcha
Tarashcha Location of Tarashcha
Tarashcha Tarashcha is located within Kiev Oblast of Ukraine.
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kiev Oblast
Raion	Tarascha Raion
Founded	1709
Area
• Total	36.96 km2 (14.27 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	11,410
Postal code	09504
Area code(s)	+380 4566

Tarashcha or Tarascha (Ukrainian: Тараща) is a city in Kiev Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Tarashcha Raion (district). Population: 11,410 (2013 est.).

History

Tarashcha is a historical Cossack town (in the 17th century through 17th century - rather a city).

Until the mid-20th century, the town had a significant Jewish community, being a shtetl.

Modern developments

Recently, the town has become known as the place of the clandestine burial and later recovery of Georgiy Gongadze, a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000.

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Motorcycle track near Tarashcha

Also, the Tarashcha Raion is closely associated with the prominent Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Moroz: he was born and started his career here, later became elected to the parliament from the local constituency. Moroz is the most notable and influential person in the neighborhood. There were even speculations between these two facts and Moroz's significant role in Gongadze case and Cassette Scandal.

Famous people from Tarashcha

• Agapius Honcharenko
• Boris Thomashefsky, American Jewish singer and actor
• Moïse Haïssinsky
• Anatoly Aleksandrov, President of Soviet Academy of Sciences
• Volodymyr Sikevych, General Khorunzhy of the Ukrainian People's Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic

See also

• Pale of Settlement

External links

• mrt5.com - Some photographs of the city
• jewishgen.org - Info on Jewish cemeteries at Tarashcha