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Country
  
Ukraine

Raion
  
Zvenyhorodka Raion

City rights
  
1938

Area
  
20.8 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 6:07 PM

Oblast
  
Cherkasy Oblast

Established
  
1394

Postal code
  
20200-20207

Population
  
18,330 (2011)

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Weather
  
20°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 41% Humidity

Zvenyhorodka (Ukrainian: Звенигородка, [zwenɪɦɔˈrɔtkɑ]; Polish: Zwinogródka; Russian: Звенигородка) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine on the river Hnylyi Tikych.

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Map of Zvenyhorodka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

The town is the administrative center of the Zvenyhorodka Raion (district).

History

Zvenyhorodka became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the beginning of the 15th century. It passed to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in 1569. In 1792 King Stanisław August Poniatowski granted Zwinogródka city rights. It was a royal city of Poland. In the next year it was annexed by Russia after the Second Partition of Poland. During the 19th century it had been part of the Russian Kiev Governorate. Around the turn to the 20th century the town had a train station, three Greek Orthodox churches and one Roman Catholic church.

Number of inhabitants in years

  • 1897: 16,972
  • 1926: 18,020, 61% Ukrainians, 37% Jews, 1% Russians and 1% Poles.
  • 2005: approx. 19,900.
  • Notable residents

  • Ahatanhel Krymsky (1871-1942), Ukrainian philologist and orientalist.
  • David Günzburg (1857–1910), Russian orientalist and Jewish communal leader.
  • Horace Günzburg (1833–1909), Russian philanthropist.
  • Fay Herbstman (1922-2015), Noted chef, author of cooking compilations, and founding mother of the Herbstman Society.
  • References

    Zvenyhorodka Wikipedia