Chechelnyk (earlier also Chichelnik; alternate spellings Chetschelnik, Chitchilnik, Cicelnic, Czeczelnik, Tschetschelnik[1]) (Ukrainian: Чечельнúк) is a rural settlement on the Savranka River (a tributary of the Southern Bug) in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, near Odesa Oblast, located in the historic region of Podolia.

The economy is based on the food industry, especially alcohol production.

Population: 4,785 (2022 estimate)[2] Chechelnyk was founded "as a refuge from Tatars and landlords"[3] in the early 16th century and achieved the status of a town in 1635.

Like most of Podolia, the town suffered terribly during the First World War and 1917-1921 Ukrainian War of Independence; during the summer of 1920, "the south of Podillya seethed with counterrevolution... and Olgopil County, where Chechelnyk is located, was the most unstable area in all of Podillya.

On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chechelnyk became a rural settlement.