# Myrhorod > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Myrhorod > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Myrhorod.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrhorod > Source revision: 1355765423 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) City in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine This article is about the Ukrainian city. For the pig breed, see [Myrhorod pig](/source/Myrhorod_pig). For Nikolai Gogol's book, see [Mirgorod (short story collection)](/source/Mirgorod_(short_story_collection)). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. 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You may also add the template {{Translated|uk|Миргород}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. (Learn how and when to remove this message) City in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine Myrhorod Миргород City Top:A mineral fountain in Vodohraji Zentralnyi Square. Myrhorod Assumption Cathedral, Middle:Myrhorodkurort Resort Spa, Bottom:Myrhorod City hall, Nikolai Gogol Monument in Glory Park (all item from left to right) Flag Coat of arms Interactive map of Myrhorod Myrhorod Show map of Poltava Oblast Myrhorod Show map of Ukraine Coordinates: 49°58′N 33°36′E / 49.967°N 33.600°E / 49.967; 33.600 Country Ukraine Oblast Poltava Oblast Raion Myrhorod Raion Hromada Myrhorod urban hromada Founded 1575 Area • Total 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) Elevation 105 m (344 ft) Population (2022)[1] • Total 37,886 Website myrgorod.pl.ua Hotel *Myrhorod* **Myrhorod** ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Миргород, pronounced [\[ˈmɪrɦorod\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Ukrainian) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q8798_(ukr)-Gzhegozh-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4.wav)) is a [city](/source/City) in [Poltava Oblast](/source/Poltava_Oblast), central [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine). It serves as the [administrative center](/source/Capital_city) of [Myrhorod Raion](/source/Myrhorod_Raion). Myrhorod also hosts the administration of [Myrhorod urban hromada](/source/Myrhorod_urban_hromada), one of the [hromadas](/source/Hromada) of Ukraine.[2] It is located on the [Khorol River](/source/Khorol_River). Population: 37,886 (2022 estimate).[1] ## History The town was founded either in the 12th or 13th century as an eastern border fort of [Kievan Rus'](/source/Kievan_Rus'). According to legend, the fort was a place of peace negotiations that gave it its name (literally the *City of Peace*).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] From 1471 to 1667 the town was part of the [Kiev Voivodeship](/source/Kiev_Voivodeship) of the [Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania) and the [Crown of the Kingdom of Poland](/source/Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland). Myrhorod was first mentioned in chronicles in 1575 when [Stephen Báthory](/source/Stephen_B%C3%A1thory) made it a *regiment city*. According to some[*[who?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions)*] historians, there was an earlier mentioning of the city in 1530, when the city coat of arms were established - yellow cross over an eight-pointed star, which signifies the victory of [Christianity](/source/Christianity) over [Islam](/source/Islam).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Myrhorod was a [royal city](/source/Royal_city) of Poland. Myrhorod was the regimental base of the Myrhorod [Cossacks](/source/Cossacks) who were very active in several [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine) Cossack uprisings, particularly during the peasants'-and-cossacks' revolt of 1638 under the leadership of [Hetman](/source/Hetman) [Yakiv Ostrianytsia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yakiv_Ostrianytsia&action=edit&redlink=1) [[uk](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD)] against the [Polish nobility](/source/Polish_nobility) (*[szlachta](/source/Szlachta)*). The [Myrhorod Cossack regiment](/source/Myrhorod_Regiment) was among the best units in the army of Hetman [Bohdan Khmelnytsky](/source/Bohdan_Khmelnytsky) during the [Khmelnytsky Uprising](/source/Khmelnytsky_Uprising) (1648–1654). After the [Treaty of Pereyaslav](/source/Treaty_of_Pereyaslav), the city became an [uezd](/source/Uezd) city, the centre for the Myrhorod regiment. The famous *[Sorochyntsy Fair](/source/Sorochyntsy_Fair)* is located 25 km from Myrhorod. Since 1912, Myrhorod is known for its underground mineral waters.[3] A local newspaper is published here since February 1919.[4] Since 1920 Myrhorod is also known as a resort town.[5] In 1999, an English [Language] Resource Center was established at Myrhorod School No. 9, one of four such centres opened in Ukraine with the continuous help from [Siena College](/source/Siena_College) since 1995. Other contributors to this project were Americans for Democracy in Ukraine (ADU), Canadian Credit Bank, and Narodna Kasa from [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Canada](/source/Canada). In 1995 a group of Myrhorod teachers, former participants at the seminars conducted by methodologists from Siena College Teacher Training Institute, organized Poltava Oblast's English Teachers' Association. The Myrhorod English Resource Center is supervised by the local Teachers' Association.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Until 18 July 2020, Myrhorod was designated as a [city of oblast significance](/source/City_of_regional_significance_(Ukraine)) and did not belong to Myrhorod Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four, the city was merged into Myrhorod Raion.[6][7] On April 2, 2022, the invaders fired 3 missiles at infrastructure facilities in the city. The air defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to destroy several enemy cruise missiles. However, the shelling damaged the runway of the Myrhorod air base, the airfield infrastructure, and caused a fire at the fuel and lubricants warehouse.[8] On the night of April 8–9, 2022, Russian invaders shelled an infrastructure facility in the city, with two victims reported.[9] ## Population ### Language Distribution of the population by native language according to the [2001 census](/source/2001_Ukrainian_census):[10] Language Percentage Ukrainian 88.26% Russian 11.34% other/undecided 0.4% ## Tourist attractions Berezovyi Hai park in Myrhorod "Myrhorodska" water is described as "slightly mineralised natrium chloride water". It is clear and tastes a little odd, part of the taste being attributable to what is, in effect, table salt. Multiple other dissolved minerals also contribute to the taste and, of course, it is the precise balance of these that is thought to produce the claimed health benefits. For its unique health curative effects, "Myrhorodska" water is recommended by doctors for people suffering from [gastritis](/source/Gastritis), [colitis](/source/Colitis) and other disorders of the digestive system, particularly those with a lower level of stomach acidity than is considered average.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] It is also widely drunk as table water because it quenches thirst effectively and produces general effects considered to be beneficial to health. There are several health resorts in the town (at least four). The most extensive and by far the best equipped of these is Myrhorod Resort ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Миргород Курорт). This particular spa consists of four individual sanatoria, each one specialising in one or more distinct areas - diabetes, cardiovascular disease, ENT, gastrointestinal problems, etc. and are open for medical treatments six days a week (Sundays excluded). An integral part of any treatment is one of nine diet regimes, although these are recommended and not enforced. The whole complex is located right in the middle of the city and is spaced out in a large expanse of sandy woodland with the [Khorol River](/source/Khorol_River) providing several areas suitable for bathing. It has a musical fountain, (opened in 2010), and, at night, a large illuminated windmill, (opened in 2011), standing close to the main administrative building. Other features include pedaloes, boats, several restaurants and cafés, dancing, live music, rides through the woods in a horse-drawn carriage, a theatre, organised excursions and a large 'water feature' with geese, ducks (including a couple of Mandarins), a large family of terrapins and some beautiful black swans. Elsewhere in the complex is an enclosure with peacocks and hens, including some rather exotic white ones. There is another sanatorium, 'Rainbow', ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Санаторій «Радужний»), within the same grounds as Myrhorod Resort but with different owners. This is, in the main, frequented by wealthy Ukrainians who prefer what they regard as the 'added security' of a sanatorium that advertises itself as 'élite'. The other two resorts are much further out of town, not so well maintained and equipped and are both rather 'tired' in appearance, both from the inside and out. One of them, the 'Hohol', ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Гоголь) is owned by a Trades Union and seems to derive most of its clientele from its members. Generally, English is not widely spoken in any of the spas, only Ukrainian, although Myrhorod Resort has occasional visitors from the UK, Germany, France, Dubai, the U.S. and Canada in particular and despite very few foreign visitors speaking more than a couple of words of the local languages, they do seem to be able to get by with some pointing, prodding and smiling.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Notable people - [Vladimir Borovikovsky](/source/Vladimir_Borovikovsky) - [Boris Grekov](/source/Boris_Grekov) - [Davit Guramishvili](/source/Davit_Guramishvili) - [Vasily Kapnist](/source/Vasily_Kapnist) - [Taras Shevchenko](/source/Taras_Shevchenko) - [Hryhorii Skovoroda](/source/Hryhorii_Skovoroda) ## Partner towns Since 1991, Myrhorod administration signed international agreements of mutual cooperation in the spheres of economics, commerce, and culture with three foreign [partner towns](/source/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities): - [Gorna Oryahovitsa](/source/Gorna_Oryahovitsa) (1991) - [Randolph, Vermont](/source/Randolph%2C_Vermont) (1999) - [Zgorzelec](/source/Zgorzelec) (2007) ## Transport The city is served by the [Myrhorod Air Base](/source/Myrhorod_Air_Base) ([IATA](/source/IATA_airport_code): **MXR**), located at approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in the south of the center. ## Gallery - House of Myrhorod Ceramic College - Dormition Church - Old house in Myrhorod - St. John Church, Myrhorod - A chapel in Myrhorod - Myrhorod Resort office - Bird's eye view - School No.5 - Myrhorod railway station ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ua2022estimate_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ua2022estimate_1-1) [Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022](http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf) [*Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022*] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: [State Statistics Service of Ukraine](/source/State_Statistics_Service_of_Ukraine). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220704164521/https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2022/zb/05/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-admreform_2020_myrhorod_city_2-0)** ["Миргородская городская громада"](https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/myrgorod/) (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Миргород // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 20. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2012. стр.429-430 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** № 2344. «Вестник Миргородского уездного Совета раб[очих], кресть[янских] и воен[ных] деп[утатов]» // Газеты СССР 1917—1960. Библиографический справочник. том 2. М., «Книга», 1976. стр.107 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Миргород // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. О. Ю. Шмидт. 1-е изд. Т.39. М., ОГИЗ, «Советская Энциклопедия», 1938. ст.487 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ"](http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466). *Голос України* (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Нові райони: карти + склад"](https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/) (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ракетний удар по Миргороду пошкодив злітну смугу й інфраструктуру аеродрому"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220409170302/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3446929-raketnij-udar-po-mirgorodu-poskodiv-zlitnu-smugu-j-infrastrukturu-aerodromu.html). Укрінформ. 2022-04-02. Archived from [the original](https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/3446929-raketnij-udar-po-mirgorodu-poskodiv-zlitnu-smugu-j-infrastrukturu-aerodromu.html) on 9 April 2022. 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(in English) - [Myrhorod](http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CM%5CY%5CMyrhorod.htm). [Encyclopedia of Ukraine](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Ukraine). (in English) - [Navigation and information on Mirgorod, Sanatorium, Hotels, Maps](http://cobito.ho.ua/cobs/mirgorod/). v t e Administrative divisions of Poltava Oblast Administrative center: Poltava Raions Kremenchuk Lubny Myrhorod Poltava Hromadas Bilotserkivka Bilyky Chornukhy Chutove Drabynivka Dykanka Hadiach Hlobyne Hoholeve Horishni Plavni Hradyzk Hrebinka Kamiani Potoky Karlivka Khorol Kobeliaky Kolomatske Komyshnia Kotelva Kozelshchyna Krasna Luka Kremenchuk Lanna Liutenka Lokhvytsia Lubny Machukhy Martynivka Mashivka Mykhailivka Myrhorod Nekhvoroshcha Novo Haleshchyna Novi Sanzhary Novoorzhytske Novoselivka Obolon Omelnyk Opishnia Orzhytsia Petrivka-Romenska Pishchane Poltava Pryshyb Pyriatyn Reshetylivka Romodan Semenivka Sencha Serhiivka Shcherbani Shyshaky Skorokhodove Tereshky Velyka Bahachka Velyka Rublivka Velyki Budyshcha Velyki Sorochyntsi Zavodske Zinkiv Cities Hadiach Hlobyne Horishni Plavni Hrebinka Karlivka Khorol Kobeliaky Kremenchuk Lokhvytsia Lubny Myrhorod Poltava Pyriatyn Reshetylivka Zavodske Zinkiv Authority control databases International VIAF GND National United States Czech Republic Israel Other Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Myrhorod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrhorod) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrhorod?action=history)). 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