Khotyn

Khotyn
Хотин1
Hotin
Panoramic view of the Khotyn Fortress
Panoramic view of the Khotyn Fortress
Flag of Khotyn
Coat of arms of Khotyn
Detailed map of Chernivtsi Oblast (yellow) with Khotyn
Detailed map of Chernivtsi Oblast (yellow) with Khotyn
Khotyn is located in Chernivtsi Oblast
Khotyn
Khotyn
Location of Khotyn
Khotyn is located in Ukraine
Khotyn
Khotyn
Khotyn (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48°30′25″N 26°29′25″E / 48.50694°N 26.49028°E / 48.50694; 26.49028
Country Ukraine
OblastChernivtsi Oblast
RaionDnistrovskyi Raion
HromadaKhotyn urban hromada
First chronicledSeptember 22, 1002
City rights14th century
Government
 • MayorMykola Holovlov
Area
 • Total20.39 km2 (7.87 sq mi)
Population
 • Total11,124
 • Density545.6/km2 (1,413/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
60000–60005
Area code+380 3731
Websitehttp://khotynmr.gov.ua/

Khotyn (Ukrainian: Хотин, pronounced [xoˈtɪn]; Romanian: Hotin, pronounced [hoˈtin]; see other names) is a city in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, located south-west of Kamianets-Podilskyi. It hosts the administration of Khotyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, it has a population of 11,124. Current population: 8,936 (2022 estimate).[2]

Khotyn, first chronicled in 1001,[3] is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Dniester River, and is part of the historical region Bessarabia. Important architectural landmarks within the city include the Khotyn Fortress, constructed in the 13-15th centuries (new fortress started in 1325, major improvements in the 1380s and 1460s), and two 15th century constructions by Moldavia's ruler Stephen the Great: the Prince's Palace (Palatul Domnesc) and the city's clock tower.

Historically, the town was part of the Principality of Moldavia (1359–1432, 1459–1538, 1541–1562, 1572–1615, 1617–1620, 1621–1673, 1674–1684, 1699–1712) and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1432–1459, 1538–1541, 1562–1572, 1615–1617, 1620–1621, 1673–1674, 1684–1699). For most of the period after 1514, Moldavia was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, which also ruled Khotyn directly (1711–1812). Subsequently, it was part of the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire (1812–1917), Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918), Romania (1918–1940, 1941–1944), the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union (1940–1941, 1944–1991) and independent Ukraine (1991–present).

  1. ^ "Хотинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Khotyn". Antychnyi Kyiv (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2007-05-28.

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