Horodysche is a city

City

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 located in the Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy).-Geography:...

 (province

Oblast

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) in central Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. The city rests on the Vilshanka River and is the administrative center of the Horodyschenskyi Raion (district

Raion

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).

Current estimated population: 15,491 (2001).

Horodyshche was the birthplace of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

Semen Stepanovych Hulak-Artemovsky , was a Ukrainian opera composer, singer , actor, and dramatist who lived and worked in Imperial Russia....

, a singer and composer of Ukrainian opera; there is a museum in Horodyshche dedicated to his life and work.