Zvenyhorodka

Zvenyhorodka (Ukrainian: Звенигородка, IPA: [zwenɪɦoˈrɔdkɐ] ⓘ) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine, situated on the Hnylyi Tikych River.

Zvenyhorodka then remained part of the Korsun Regiment, a military-territorial unit of the Hetman state, until the Polish crown regained control of Right-bank Ukraine in 1667 as per the Andrusiv Armistice.

During the Koliivshchyna rebellion in 1768, many residents of the city joined the insurgents in fighting against the Catholic church and Polish nobility, among others, due to the treatment of peasants and their serfdom.

In the 1830s the city saw considerable development including the construction of a local hospital, post office, telegraph communications, and a bridge over the river Hnylyi Tikich.

[6] During the Second World War, Zvenyhorodka was occupied by Nazi Germany from July 29, 1941 to January 28, 1944. in September 1941, a ghetto was set up here where around 1,500 Jews were shot.

Zvenyhorodka labeled as Suynigrod in a 1552 map