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Zhvanets

Coordinates: 48°33′00″N 26°29′15″E / 48.55000°N 26.48750°E / 48.55000; 26.48750
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Zhvanets
Жванець
Village
Flag of Zhvanets
Coat of arms of Zhvanets
Zhvanets is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Zhvanets
Zhvanets
Zhvanets is located in Ukraine
Zhvanets
Zhvanets
Coordinates: 48°33′00″N 26°29′15″E / 48.55000°N 26.48750°E / 48.55000; 26.48750
Country Ukraine
Region Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Area
 • Total
2.995 km2 (1.156 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
1,529
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
32365
Area code+380 3849
Website[1]

Zhvanets (Template:Lang-uk) is a village (a selo) in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zhvanets rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The village's population was 1,529 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2]

History

Zhvanets was first mentioned in 1431, when the knight Svychko (or Svichka) received this settlement from King Władysław II Jagiełło.

In the 15th century, the Zhvanetsky Castle was built, which was repeatedly rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries and was significantly destroyed during the 20th century.

In 1620, the Turks and Tatars invaded Podillya having destroyed the fortress. The following year, 40,000 troops led by a Ukrainian Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny joined Zhvanets and took part in the Khotyn War.

In 1646, King Władysław IV Vasa granted Zhvanets the Magdeburg rights.

In the autumn of 1653, the troops of Jan II Casimir and Bohdan Khmelnytskyi met near the city during Khmelnytskyi Uprising resulting in the Battle of Zhvanets.

Notable people

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References

  1. ^ "Жванецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Zhvanets