Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Вінниця | |
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![]() Vinnytsia's old water tower (now the War Veterans' Museum) | |
Nickname: pearl of Podolia | |
![]() Map of Ukraine with Vinnytsia highlighted. | |
Country Oblast Raion | Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia City Municipality |
Founded | 1363 |
Government | |
• Head of City Council | Serhiy Morhunov (incumbent) |
Area | |
• City | 79.94 km2 (30.87 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | |
• City | 371,698 |
• Density | 5,066/km2 (13,120/sq mi) |
• Metro | 660,000 |
Postal code | 21000- |
Area code | +380 43 |
Sister cities | Birmingham, Kielce, Peterborough, Rybnytsia |
Website | www.vmr.gov.ua |
Vinnytsia (Ukrainian: Ві́нниця, pronounced [ˈvinːɪt͡sʲɐ]; also known as Vinnytsya, Vinnitsa, Vinnica, Winnica, Winniza and Vinnița), is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podolia. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as an administrative center of Vinnytsia Raion, one of the 27 districts of Vinnytsia Oblast, though it is not a part of the district. Population: 371,698 (2013 est.)[1].
A historic town known since Middle Ages and a former Soviet Cold War-airbase, Vinnytsia is now an industrial center (particularly, dominated by the Roshen corporation), a growing international IT-outsource center and the main base of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Geography
Vinnytsia is located about 260 km (160 mi) west of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, 429 km (267 mi) north of the port city Odessa, and 369 km (229 mi) from Lviv.
It is the administrative center of the Vinnytsia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Vinnytsia Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is directly subordinated to the oblast.
The current estimated population is 370,100.
Climate
A long lasting warm summer with a sufficient quantity of moisture and a comparatively short winter is characteristic of Vinnytsia. The average temperature in January is −5.8 °C (21.6 °F) and 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) in July. The average annual precipitation is 638 mm (25 in).
Throughout the year, 6–9 days per year include snowstorms, 37–60 days of the year include mists during the cold period, and 3–5 days include thunder storms with hail.
Climate data for Bar, Ukraine | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −35.5 (−31.9) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−24.6 (−12.3) |
−27.2 (−17.0) |
−35.5 (−31.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29 (1.1) |
28 (1.1) |
30 (1.2) |
45 (1.8) |
50 (2.0) |
94 (3.7) |
83 (3.3) |
66 (2.6) |
64 (2.5) |
30 (1.2) |
37 (1.5) |
35 (1.4) |
591 (23.3) |
Average rainy days | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 134 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.9 | 70.6 | 114.7 | 171.0 | 248.0 | 255.0 | 266.6 | 260.4 | 195.0 | 133.3 | 57.0 | 40.3 | 1,870.8 |
Source 1: Pogoda.ru.net[2] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Hong Kong Observatory.[3] |
History
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Vinnytsia has been an important trade and political center since the fourteenth century, when Fedir Koriatowicz, the nephew of the Lithuanian Duke Olgerd, built a fortress (1363) against Tatar raiders on the banks of the Southern Bug. From that time on, the town became a part of Lithuania, Poland, Turkey, Cossacks and eventually Russia, which annexed the city and region following the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. Russia moved to expunge the Roman Catholic religion – Catholic churches in the city (including what is now the Transfiguration Cathedral) were converted to Russian Orthodox churches.
In 1943, the invading Germans exumed almost 10,000 people, mostly male Ukrainians, from mass graves in Vinnytsia. The majority of the executions happened during the Stalinist Great Purge between 1937-1938 in the Vinnytsia massacre.
Adolf Hitler sited his easternmost headquarters Führerhauptquartier Werwolf near the town and spent a number of weeks there in 1942 and early 1943.
Nazi atrocities were committed in and near Vinnytsia by Einsatzgruppe C. Estimates of the number of victims run as high as 28,000. This included the virtual extinction of the town's large Jewish population. One infamous photo, The Last Jew of Vinnytsia, shows a member of Einsatzgruppe D about to execute a Jew kneeling before a mass grave.[4] The text The Last Jew of Vinnytsia was written on the back of the photograph, which was found in a photo album belonging to a German soldier.
In 1959, the United States Government reported that the Soviet Union had built an school for training KGB infiltrators in how to live in the United States in Vinnytsia. A mock-up of an entire American small town was built, complete with American-style stores, movie theater, houses, restaurants, American vehicles, and a small college campus that served as the classrooms of the school.[5][6]
Constructions
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Vinnytsia-oblast-museum.jpg/220px-Vinnytsia-oblast-museum.jpg)
- Afghan War Museum and Slavic War Memorial Park – The Afghan War Museum is located in the red-brick bell tower. Exhibits include photos, letters and other artifacts representing Vinnytsia soldiers who fought in that war. The Memorial Park contains a large statue representing three different soldiers from World War II. An eternal flame burns in front of the statue.
- Baptist Church – reportedly one of the largest Evangelical Church Buildings in Europe.
- TV Tower Vinnytsia
- Vaksman family’s real estate, 1915 – Style: Art Nouveau. Address: 24 Chkalov Street. Built by architect Moisey Aaronovitch Vaksman. Architectural landmark.
Transport
Air
Havryshivka International Airport (IATA: VIN, ICAO: UKWW) is situated near Vinnytsia.[10][11] Since the end of World War II, Vinnytsia has been the home for major Soviet Air Forces base, including an airfield, a hospital, arsenals, and other military installations. The headquarters of the 43rd Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces was stationed in Vinnytsia from 1960 to the early 1990s.[12] The 2nd Independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, which later became 24th Air Army, was also stationed in Vinnitsa from 1960 to 1992. The Ukrainian Air Force Command has been based in Vinnytsia since 1992.
Notable people from Vinnytsia
- Nathan Altman (1889–1970) – avant-garde artist
- Nataliya Dobrynska (b. 1982) – Ukrainian heptathlete, gold medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
- Pavlo Khnykin (b. 1969) – freestyle swimmer
- Victoria Koblenko (b. 1980) – Dutch actress.
- Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864–1913) – Ukrainian author of novels and short stories. His home is a museum.
- Volodymyr Kozhukhar (b. 1941) – conductor
- Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921) – Ukrainian composer who worked here
- Alexander Lerner (1913–2004) – Soviet-Israeli cyberneticist and dissident.
- Illya Nyzhnyk (b. 1996) – chess Grandmaster
- Oleh Ostapenko (b. 1977) – football goalkeeper for FC Vorskla Poltava
- Nikolai Pirogov (1810–1881) – Imperial Russian doctor, considered to be the founder of field surgery. His home is a museum and his chapel tomb is open to visitors.
- Petro Poroshenko (b. 1965), President of Ukraine (2014-present), raised in Vinnytsia
- Olga Storozhenko – model and Miss Ukraine Universe 2013, Miss Universe 2013 finalist
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Vinnytsia is twinned with:[13]
Gallery
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The main train station.
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The Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnytsia (1758).
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Baptist church.
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Glory Memorial and Eternal Flame.
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Modernist building, built by architect V.P. Listovichiy.
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Medical University in Vinnytsia.
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State academic theater.
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Home stadium of PFC Nyva Vinnytsia.
See also
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Pogoda.ru.net" (in Russian). May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ Climatological Information for Vinnitsa, Ukraine, Hong Kong Observatory. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "The last Jew in Vinnitsa [1941", World's Famous Photos, Retrieved on 2010-08-26.
- ^ Author Unknown, (1959, April 27), RUSSIA: Iowa in the Ukraine, 'Time Magazine', Retrieved from http://content.time.com/
- ^ "Small Town Espionage - 1960 Soviet Spy School / CIA Educational Documentary - WDTVLIVE42". YouTube. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "The national Pirogov's estate museum". Pirogov.com.ua. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "About fountain :: Europe's largest floating fountain". Fountainroshen.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Vinnitsa Regional Art Museum
- ^ IATA: Airline and Airport Code Search. Enter code VIN in Search by Location Code, accessed 7 November 2011.
- ^ Information about the airport at airport-data.com. Accessed 7 November 2011.
- ^ "43rd Missile Army". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Vinnytsia Twin Cities".
- ^ "Kardeş Şehirler". Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Basın Koordinasyon Merkez. Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
External links
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