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city of Ukraine
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Bohodukhiv (Ukrainian: Богодухів [boɦoˈduxiu̯] ⓘ; Russian: Богодухов, romanized: Bogodukhov) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Bohodukhiv Raion. Bohodukhiv hosts the administration of Bohodukhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Current population: 14,624 (2022 estimate).
A defensive fortification against the Tatars existed on the location during the 16th century. The settlement was founded in 1662 as a small sloboda and Bogodukhov ostrog by Ukrainian Cossacks under command of otaman Tymofiy Krysa. It has been a town since 1681. In 1709, at the time of the Russo-Swedish War, it was taken by Menshikov and tsarevich Alexius.
After April 1780 it was the administrative centre of Bogodukhov uyezd in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. A cathedral was built in 1793.
In December 1918 the city was a site of battles between the Zaporozhian Corps and Bolsheviks. During the Ukrainian War of Independence, from 1917 to 1920, it passed between various factions. Afterwards it was administratively part of the Kharkiv Governorate of Ukraine. Soviet times, saw the development of local industry and education. In 1932 the city's population reached 16,000. A local newspaper has been published in Bohodukhiv since February 1930.
During World War II, the city was occupied by the German Army from 16 October 1941 to 17 February 1943 and again from 11 March to 7 August 1943. It was liberated by 1st Tank Army. In 1944, a dairy factory was built in Bohodukhiv. In 1950 the city had three secondary schools, five seven-year schools, two primary schools and a vocational school. In 1965, a medical college was opened.
The main branch of the economy was the food industry.
Bohodukhiv stands on the river Merlo, a tributary of Vorskla. Geologically, its territory is part of the Central Upland.
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 18,045 inhabitants, making it the twelfth-largest city in the Kharkiv Oblast. The ethnic composition was as follows:
Bohodukhiv railway station on the Southern railway is located here since 1878 at around 50°10′N 35°31′E / 50.167°N 35.517°E.
Bohodukhiv is twinned with:
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