Lokhvytsia
Lokhvytsia (, ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Lokhvytsia Raion (district), and is located on the banks of the . Population: Name In addition to the Ukrainian (Lokhvytsia), in other languages the name of the city is and . History The name of the river Lokhvytsia, as well as the town, comes from the Old Slavonic word lokhve which means "salmon". At the time of Kievan Rus' the territory where the town is located was part of Principality of Pereyaslavl. The precise date of the foundation is unknown. From written records, it can be determined that Lokhvytsia existed prior to 1320. In 1644, Magdeburg rights were granted to the town so that all town issues were to be resolved by a city council, elected by the wealthy citizens. In 1648–1658, Lokhvytsia was a Sotnia town of the Myrhorod Cossack Regiment, later (1658-І781 р.р.) of the Lubny Cossack Regiment. During World War II, Lokhvytsia was occupied by the German Army from September 12, 1941 to September 12, 1943. This was the town where the pincers of 1st Panzer Army (Kleist) and 2nd Panzer Army (Guderian) linked up, encircling more than 600,000 Soviet