In January 2013, population was 13,758 people.[10]
In 2014, a dystopian novel Kaharlyk was published depicting a fictional town in a dystopian future under Russian occupation.
In May 2020, the 2020 Kaharlyk police rape gained widespread media attention across Ukraine, spurring protests.
Until 18 July 2020, Kaharlyk served as an administrative center of Kaharlyk Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kaharlyk Raion was merged into Obukhiv Raion.[11][12]
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