Dubrovytsia

Dubrovytsia Дубровиця
A catholic church in Dubrovytsia
Coat of arms
Dubrovytsia Map of Ukraine.
Coordinates: 51°34′00″N 26°34′00″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Rivne Oblast
Raion	Dubrovytsia Raion
Government
• Mayor	Adam Kusmytsch
Area
• Total	58.7 km2 (22.7 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	9,644
Postal Code	34100—34108
Area code(s)	+380-3658

Dubrovytsia (Ukrainian: Дубровиця, Polish: Dąbrowica, Russian: Дубровица) is a town in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Dubrovytsia Raion. Population is 9,644 (2001).

Although in modern times part of Rivne Oblast, it was historically not part of Volhynia but rather Land of Brest. It was not until 1805 that it was administratively attached to Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire, along with many other lands formerly belonging to now-partitioned Poland.

In 19th century Dąbrowica was a notable centre of commerce, with a number of factories and manufactures serving the local market. It was also notable for its' college run by Piarist monks, established in 1695 by Jan Dolski. Although the Piarist convent was dissolved in 1832 in the aftermath of the November Uprising, the school continued to exist until it was closed by Soviet authorities in 1939, following the joint Soviet and German invasion of Poland. Among its' alumni were Cyprian Godebski, Alojzy Feliński and Łukasz Gołębiowski.

Among the most notable historical landmarks in the town are a rococo Roman Catholic church founded in 1740 by Kazimierz Pniewski and two Orthodox churches: one founded in 1861 by Ignacy Plater (whose manor until 1917 was located in Worobin, some 3 kilometres north of the town) and the other built in 1872. Until the Holocaust the city also had three synagogues.

Notable people

• Georges Charpak, a Nobel laureate in physics, was born there.