Sakhnovshchyna


Sakhnovshchyna is an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sakhnovshchyna Raion. Population:

History

It was a village in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since December 1930. Urban-type settlement since October 1938.
During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to September 1943. A Nazi concentration camp was here.
In January 1989 the population was 9945 people. In January 2013 the population was 7571 people.

Economy

Transportation

Sakhnovshchyna is on a road connecting Krasnohrad and Izium. Another road to Kehychivka branches off north.
Sakhnovshchyna railway station is on a railway connecting Krasnohrad and Lozova. Via both ends of the line it has access to Kharkiv.