Zviahel
Novohrad-Volynskyi
Новогра́д-Воли́нський | |
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Coordinates: 50°35′0″N 27°38′0″E / 50.58333°N 27.63333°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
Raion | Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion |
Founded | 9th century |
City status | 1795 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Volodymyr Zahryvyi |
Area | |
• Total | 2,667 km2 (1,030 sq mi) |
Elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 55,991 |
Postal code | 11700—11709 |
Area code | 1811000000 |
Website | http://novograd.osp-ua.info/ |
Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukrainian: Новогра́д-Воли́нський, romanized: Novohrád-Volýns’kyj; Russian: Новоград-Волынский, romanized: Novograd-Volynsky; Yiddish: Template:Hebrew translit. Zvil; Polish: Zwiahel) is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as Zvyahel, the city was renamed in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Russian Empire soon after the third Partition of Poland.
It serves as the administrative center of Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion (district), though administratively it does not belong to the raion and is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. Population: 55,991 (2013 est.)[1]
History
The city had an important Jewish community. At the start of the 20th century, 10,000 Jews, 50% of the population, lived in the town.[2] In 1919, the Pogroms in Ukraine reached Novohrad-Volynskyi, and the troops of Symon Petliura murdered 1,000 Jews.[3] By the start of World War II only 6,840 Jews remained, (30% of the total population). Hundreds of Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in 1941. Many Survivors were imprisoned in harsh conditions in a ghetto and murdered in November 1942,[4] and an important part of the town was destroyed during the war.
The town is best known as the birthplace of Lesya Ukrainka (Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka, 1871-1913), famous nationalist Ukrainian poet, playwright, writer and more.
The city has previously been known as: Возвягель Vozvyahel’, Звяголь Zvyahol’, Звягель Zvyahel, Звягаль Zvyahal’
Gallery
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Railway station
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Lesya Ukrainka's house
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Holocaust monument
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Novohrad Fortress over Sluch River
International relations
Twin towns / sister cities
Novohrad-Volyns'kyi is twinned with:
- Łomża, Poland
- Rēzekne, Latvia
- Suomussalmi, Finland
- Dolyna, Ukraine
- Surami, Georgia
- Rahachow, The Republic of Belarus
- Kursk, Russia
Notable residents
- Lesya Ukrainka (poet)
- Elena Yakovleva (actress)
- Peter Krasnow (artist)
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Novohrad_Volynskyy/
- ^ http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Novohrad_Volynskyy/links.asp
- ^ http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=650
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