Country Ukraine City status 1795 Postal code 11700—11709 Population 55,991 (2013) Area code 1811000000 | Founded 9th century Elevation 218 m (715 ft) Area 27 km² Local time Monday 4:05 PM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 66% Humidity Points of interest Novograd‑Volynskiy literaturno‑memorialnyy muzey Le, Ruiny kreposti Zvyagel', Muzey semyi Kosachey, Heritage Museum, Pam'yatniy Znak Pershiy P | ||
Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukrainian: Новоград-Волинський, translit.: Novohrad-Volyns’kyi; Russian: Новоград-Волынский, translit.: Novograd-Volynsky; Yiddish: זוויל 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.
Contents
- Map of Novohrad Volynskyi Zhytomyrska Ukraine
- History
- Twin towns sister cities
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Novohrad-Volyns'kyi, Zhytomyrska, Ukraine
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.)
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. In 1919, the Pogroms in Ukraine reached Novohrad-Volynskyi, and the troops of Symon Petliura murdered 1,000 Jews. 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, 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’
Twin towns / sister cities
Novohrad-Volyns'kyi is twinned with: