{{short description|Town in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Monastyryshche | native_name = {{lang|uk|Монастирище}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = File:Монастирище. Костел.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = House of Culture (former catholic church) | image_flag = | image_shield = Monastyryshche gerb.png | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1622 | established_title1 = City status | established_date1 = 1985 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Oleksandr Tyshchenko | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 5,51 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_note = | population_total = 8647 | population_footnotes = <ref>[https://places-in-the-world.com/ukraine/monastyryshche/700796 Monastyryshche, Ukraine]</ref> | population_density_km2 = 163 | pushpin_map = Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|48|59|24|N|29|48|04|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 242| | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 19100 — 19109 | area_code = +380-4746 | blank_info = | blank1_info = | website = https://web.archive.org/web/20120618172340/http://mon.ck.ua/ | footnotes = | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name2 = Uman Raion | subdivision_name1 = Cherkasy Oblast | subdivision_name3 = Monastyryshche urban hromada }} '''Monastyryshche''' ({{Langx|uk|Монастирище}}, {{IPA|uk|monɐstɪˈrɪʃtʃe|listen|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Монастирище.wav}}) is a city in Uman Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Monastyryshche urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_monastyryshche">{{cite web |title=Монастирищенська територіальна громада |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4843/composition |publisher=decentralization.gov.ua |language=uk}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|8338|.}}
Until 18 July 2020, Monastyryshche served as an administrative center of Monastyryshche Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Monastyryshche Raion was merged into Uman Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
==Hassidic Dynasty== {{unreferenced section|date=July 2024}} Rabbi Mordechai Rosen was head dean, and grand rabbi of the village of Monistrich, known as Monastyrysche in Ukrainian. He perished during the Holocaust in World War II and was survived by his sons R. Nachman and R. Froim.
The biography of this rabbi can be found in many Hebrew religious books, among them "Ner Nachman".
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==External links== * [https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/killing-site/14626121 The murder of the Jews of Monastyryshche] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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Category:Cities in Cherkasy Oblast Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine Category:Kiev Governorate Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine