- Source: Prokhorivka
Prokhorivka (Ukrainian: Прохорівка) is a village in the Lipliave rural hromada of the Cherkasy Raion of Cherkasy Oblast in Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1622. It is marked on Guillaume de Beauplan's map.
On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Kaniv Raion, the village became part of the Cherkasy Raion.
Notable residents
Yuri Ilyenko (Yurii Illienko; 1936–2010), Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and politician
Mykhailo Maksymovych (1804–1873), professor in plant biology, Ukrainian historian and writer
Ya'akov Uri (1888–1970), Israeli politician
In the village visited Taras Shevchenko and Mykola Hohol.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Yuri Ilyenko
- Prokhorivka
- Yuri Ilyenko
- Volnovakha urban hromada
- Natural gas transmission system of Ukraine
- List of villages in Donetsk Oblast
- Mykhailo Maksymovych
