Chyhyryn

Also known as Chygyryn, Czehryń, Tchigirin, Chigirin

Chyhyryn ( ; ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located on Tiasmyn river not far where it enters the Dnieper.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Chyhyryn
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Резиденція Богдана Хмельницького, історико-архітектурний комплекс, аерофото.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 280px
Settlement.image_caption: View of Chyhyryn
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Chyhyryn.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Chyhyryn.png
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Map of Ukraine with Cherkasy Oblast highlighted.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1

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Names
History
Establishment of the city
Cossack capital
Later history
Population
Language
Geography
Location
Climate
Landmarks
Notable people
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
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See also
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Chyhyryn ( ; ) is a city in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located on Tiasmyn river not far where it enters the Dnieper.

From 1648 to 1669, the city served as the residence of the hetman of the Zaporizhian Host. After a forced relocation of the Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan see from Kyiv in 1658, it became a full-fledged capital of the Cossack Hetmanate. Among Metropolitans who served out of Chyhyryn were Dionysius Balaban and Joseph Tukalskyi-Nelyubovych. Chyhyryn also became a traditional place for the appointment to the office of the hetman of the Zaporizhian Host.