Pyriatyn (Ukrainian: Пирятин, pronounced[pɪˈrʲɑtɪn]) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of Pyriatyn Raion until its abolishment in 2020. The city is located on the Dnieper Lowland, in the forest-steppe natural zone. The city of Pyriatyn is an important industrial center of Poltava region. Population: 14,988 (2022 estimate).[1]
History
At the end of 1941 or beginning 1942, a ghetto guarded by policemen was established and numbered over 1,500 Jews by late March 1942. There were two major executions of Jews carried out by SD units Sonderkommando Plath, accompanied by Ukrainian auxiliary police. The first one took place on April 6, 1942, about 1530 Jews were taken to the woods, 3km away from the town, and murdered. The second mass execution took place on May 18, 1942, when several Jewish families were killed along with 380 communists and Soviet militants, and 25 Gypsy families.[2]
Population
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[3]
The area of Pyryatyn is 118.8 sq. km. The city is located 197km northwest of the regional center of Poltava, on the Dnieper Lowland, in the forest-steppe natural zone. 1km upstream are the villages of Verkhoiarivka, Yivzhenky and Zamostyshche, downstream at a distance of 3km is the village of Mala Krucha.[4]
The city of Pyriatyn is located on the right bank of the Udai River, a right tributary of the Sula (Dnieper basin). The river in this place is winding and forms estuaries, old lakes and marshy lakes.[5]
The climate of the Pyryatyn is temperate continental. The average temperature in January is −6.0°C, in July it is +21.0°C, the amount of precipitation is 480–580mm/year, which falls mainly in the summer as rain.[6]
The city is located at the intersection of highways leading to Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Cherkasy and Chernihiv, the distance to the international airport "Boryspil" is 135km. The international highway M03 Kyiv-Kharkiv passes through the city.[7]
The city of Pyriatyn is an important industrial center of Poltava Oblast. Food industry enterprises are located here.[8] Near the city is the Pyryatynsky National Nature Park.[9]
↑Полтавська область. Географічний атлас / М-во освіти і науки України, Полтав. держ. пед. ун-т ім. В. Г. Короленка; [відп. ред. Т. В. Погурельська]. – Київ: Мапа, 2004. – 19, [1] c.: іл., карти. – (Моя мала Батьківщина). Retrieved 2025-07-06
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