Horokhiv (Ukraine)

LC control no.	n 00093681
Geographic heading	Horokhiv (Ukraine) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Ukraine--Horokhiv
Variant(s)	Gorokhov (Ukraine) Horokhov (Ukraine) Horchiv (Ukraine) Horoxiv (Ukraine)
Found in	Sefer Horokhov, 1966: added t.p. (Horchiv) LC data base, 03-07-00: (Horokhiv (Ukraine)) Atlas avtomobilʹnykh shli︠a︡khiv, 199&: p. 23 (Horokhiv) SSSR, admin.-territ delenie, 1987: p. 265 (Gorokhov; a town in the Volynskai︠a︡ oblast first mentioned in historical sources of 1240) GEOnet, 03-07-00: (Gorokhov, ppl. 50°30ʹ00ʺN, 24°46ʹ00ʺE) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 2, p. 227 (Horokhiv [Horoxiv]; a town and raion center in Volhynia oblast first mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle of 1240) Ukraïna, ohli︠a︡dova mapa, 1994: p. 33 (Horokhiv) Rad. ent︠s︡ykl. istoriï Ukraïny, 1969: v. 1, p. 446 (Horokhiv, a city in Volyn. oblastʹ first mentioned in 1240 as part of the Halyt︠s︡ʹko-Volynsʹke kni︠a︡zivstvo. From ca. 1360 to 1569 it was annexed by Lithuania, and from 1569 to 1793 Horokhiv was part of Poland. After the third partition of Poland in 1795 Horokhiv belonged to Russia as part of the Volynsʹke namisnyt︠s︡tvo, and later the Volynsʹka hubernii︠a︡ (1795-1919). From 1919 until 1939 Horokhiv was granted to Poland. In 1939 as part of the Western Ukrainian lands it was reunited with Soviet Ukraine)
Geographic area code	e-un---