Pohrebysche ((Ukrainian: Погребище) is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Pohrebyschensky Raion (district) in western Ukraine. Pohrebysche is situated near the sources of the Ros River.
The town is very old and origin of its name is not clear. Pogreb means a big cellar in Ukrainian. On another hand Pogrebaty can be interpreted as to perform a burial. According to a legend, put down by Ukrainian ethnographer Pokhilevich, before Mongol invasion of Rus, during the times of Kyiv the town was called Rokitnya. Mongols level the town leaving only the cellars.
Countess Ewelina Hańska (Rzewuska) a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) was born January 6, 1801 in Pohrebysche. Ewelina was the sister of Henryk Rzewuski. She was married to Waclaw Hanski, a landowning noble, who was twenty years older than her. After his death she became wife of the French novelist Honoré de Balzac in 1850. They have meet in Pohrebysche.
- Vinnytsia 40 miles (64 km) ENE - Plyskiv 8 miles (13 km) S - Borshchahovka 12 miles (19 km) E - Ruzhyn 16 miles (26 km) N - Belilovka 17 miles (27 km) NW - Samhorodok 19 miles (31 km) W - Tetiiv 19 miles (31 km) ESE - Lypovets 20 miles (32 km) SSW - Zhivotivka 21 miles (34 km) SE - Vakhnovka 22 miles (35 km) WSW - Skvyra 25 miles (40 km) NE - Koziatyn 25 miles (40 km) NW - Illintsi 25 miles (40 km) S - Pavoloch 28 miles (45 km) NNE - Volodarka 29 miles (47 km) E - Balabanivka 30 miles (48 km) SSE - Berdychiv 42 miles (68 km) SE
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
