Tarashcha
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History
Tarashcha is a historical Cossack town (in the 17th century through 17th century - rather a city).
Until the mid-20th century, the town had a significant Jewish community, being a shtetl.
Modern developments
Recently, the town has become known as the place of the clandestine burial and later recovery of Georgiy Gongadze, a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000.
Also, the Tarashcha Raion is closely associated with the prominent Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Moroz: he was born and started his career here, later became elected to the parliament from the local constituency. Moroz is the most notable and influential person in the neighborhood. There were even speculations between these two facts and Moroz's significant role in Gongadze case and Cassette Scandal.
Famous people from Tarashcha
- Agapius Honcharenko
- Boris Thomashefsky, American Jewish singer and actor
- Moïse Haïssinsky
- Anatoly Aleksandrov, President of Soviet Academy of Sciences
- Volodymyr Sikevych, General Khorunzhy of the Ukrainian People's Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic
See also
External links
- mrt5.com - Some photographs of the city
- jewishgen.org - Info on Jewish cemeteries at Tarashcha
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