Pohrebyshche

Pohrebyshche stands near the headwaters of the Ros River, amid the agricultural lands of central Ukraine. For many years it belonged to the Kyiv Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The surrounding countryside connected villages and estates with small market towns, where agricultural produce and goods from further afield could be exchanged.

The town suffered severely during the Khmelnytsky uprising. In 1653 troops under Stefan Czarniecki destroyed it, and later seventeenth-century wars brought further devastation. The town's fortunes improved around 1720. Following the partitions of the Commonwealth, Pohrebyshche became part of the Russian Empire in 1795.