Andrushivka

Andrushivka (Ukrainian: Андрушівка, IPA: [ɐndrʊˈʃiu̯kɐ] ⓘ) is a city in Berdychiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

[1] The city is located in the south-east of the oblast, on the banks of the Huyva River, a distance of 47 km from the regional capital of Zhytomyr.

[3] In the seventeenth century the village became the property of the Polish magnates Burzynski, which exploited the local population to work hard.

Agricultural practice, however, was the chief source of income and soil and climatic conditions were favorable for growing sugar beet, and with the availability of large reserves of land it fueled the rapid development of sugar industry in Andrushivka Raion.

[4] The growth of the population let to a demand for tertiary employment, builders and other jobs which were often carried out seasonally, and the hiring peasants from surrounding villages rose steadily after the abolition of serfdom in 1861.

Sugar manufacturers Tereshchenko then built the Andrushivka Sugar Factory in Andrushivka in 1869[4] and opened an estate there; Artemiy Tereshchenko also built a brick palace complex Tereschenko Palace in the French Neo-renaissance style and in 1871 opened the Dvoklasne school.

After the administrative-territorial reform in March 1923, Andrushivka became a district center, which had a positive impact on its economic and cultural development.

[4] During World War II, Andrushivka was under Nazi German occupation from July 10, 1941, to December 27, 1943.

An obelisk was constructed in Andrushivka in honor of fallen soldiers in World War II.

[4] Since the years of independence in Ukraine since 1991, the city has reopened the temples and as of 2011, two new places of worship have been built.

Manor house before 1911
Bust of Mykola Tereshchenko in Andrushivka
City hall
Tax inspection office