Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

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This article is about a city in Podillia, Ukraine. For any other definitions, see Khmelnytsky (disambiguation).

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Khmelnytskyi
Хмельницький
City of regional significance
vulytsia Proskurivska in Khmelnytskyi
vulytsia Proskurivska in Khmelnytskyi
Flag of Khmelnytskyi
Flag		 Coat of arms of Khmelnytskyi
Coat of arms
Khmelnytskyi is located in Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi
Location of Khmelnytskyi in Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi
Location in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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Country  Ukraine
Province  Khmelnytskyi Oblast
City council Flag of Khmelnytskyi.svg Khmelnytskyi city
First mentioned 1431
City rights September 22, 1937
Government
 • City Head Serhiy Melnyk
Area
 • Total 90 km2 (30 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 • Total 290,100
 • Density 2,822/km2 (7,310/sq mi)
Postal code 29000
Area code(s) +380 382
Website http://www.khmelnytsky.com

Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Хмельни́цький, Khmel'nyts'ky; Russian: Хмельни́цкий, Khmel'nitsky; Polish: Chmielnicki)[1] (until 1954, Proskurov, Ukrainian: Проскурів; Russian: Проску́ров, Proskurov) is a city in Western Ukraine, the administrative center for the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) and the Khmelnytskyi Raion. Khmelnytskyi is the located in the historic region of Podolia on the banks of the Buh River. The city received its current local government designation in 1941.

In 2015, the city's population was 267,973, making it the second largest city of Podolia after Vinnytsia and the largest city of the western part of the region.

History

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Scythian Grave in Khmelnytsky

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The city foundation date is uncertain. Since 1431 it was known as Płoskirów (Ploskurov, Плоскурoв) and was part of the Kingdom of Poland. It was a royal city. After the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the city was annexed by the Russian Empire and was renamed Proskurov (Проскурoв). According to the Russian census of 1897, Proskurov with a population of 22,855 was the fifth largest city of Podolia after Kamianets-Podilskyi, Uman, Vinnytsia and Balta. In 1920 it became part of Soviet Ukraine. In 1954 the city was finally renamed Khmelnytskyi (Хмельницький) in the honor of the 300th anniversary of a treaty negotiated by Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Pogroms

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A series of pogroms have been carried out in the region, known together as the Proskurov pogrom. According to Vinnytsia's city archives the pogrom was conducted on the Friday night of February 15, 1919 by one of the otamans (generals) of the Ukrainian People's Army, Otaman Semysenko (also rendered as Semesenko). In total 390 men, 309 women and 76 children were killed, and 500 individuals were wounded.

The Chief Otaman Petliura had been appointed head of state just two days prior to the tragedy, on February the 13th. Petliura issued Order 131 in which he mentioned the fact that numerous Jewish parties in Ukraine (Bund, Poale Zion, Folks-Partei, Unificationists) rose to [defend?] the sovereignty of the Ukrainian Republic and were cooperating with the Ukrainian government, and he condemned such pogroms, calling those initiating them deserters and enemies of the State that must be liquidated. The order was co-signed by the Chief of Staff, Otaman Yunakiv. The order was published in the Ukraina newspaper on February 20 (March 4, old style). Later, Petliura issued a special order to execute Semysenko for being the pogrom initiator. The order was carried out on March 20, 1920.[2][verification needed] The Wikipedia article on Symon Petliura states that Semysenko's execution was postponed until November 1920 due to the "difficult situation".

During the Schwartzbard trial, at the end of which Petliura's assassin was pardoned on the grounds of self-trail (revenge), the main argument of the defense was that Schwartzbard had acted as an avenger of the Jews killed in pogroms perpetrated during Petliura's rule.

World War II

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A street corner during the German occupation

The town was occupied by the German Army from July 8, 1941 to March 25, 1944. On November 4, 1941, 5300 Jewish inhabitants of the town and surrounding villages were shot by an Einsatzgruppe.[3] A ghetto was formed on December 14, 1941, where all surviving Jewish inhabitants had to resettle and were subjected to forced labor. They were subsequently killed in the fall of 1942. More than 9500 Jews were killed in the town in total.[4]

Cold War-time military base

The Khmelnytskyi was home, during the Cold War, to the 19th Division of the 43rd Rocket Army of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces.[5] The intercontinental ballistic missile silos of the division that were housed there were removed and destroyed, partially with U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction funding, during the 1990s.

Geography and natural resources

Khmelnytskyi's riverside skyline on the Southern Bug.

Khmelnytskyi is the regional center of the Khmelnytskyi region which is located in the western part of Ukraine in the middle of Podillia, its total area makes up 8,624 ha (21,310 acres). Khmelnytskyi has a favorable geographical position. Khmelnytskyi is crossed by one of the longest rivers of Ukraine – the Southern Bug. Coincidentally, through the western portion of the city flows small river Ploska.

The climate of Khmelnytskyi is moderately continental. The average temperature of Khmelnytskyi in its warmest month (July) is 20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F), and the average temperature in the coldest month (January) is −5 to −6 °C (23 to 21 °F). The maximum temperatures in the summer on average reaches 36 to 38 °C (97 to 100 °F), and the minimum temperatures in the winter on average is −24 to −30 °C (−11 to −22 °F). Khmelnytskyi's average annual temperature is 7 to 8 °C (45 to 46 °F). Khmelnytskyi's average annual precipitation is 510 to 580 mm (20.08 to 22.83 in).

The most abundant make up for the ground in Khmelnytskyi are layers of the following overburden: loess and loess-type rocks. The ground-climatic conditions of Khmelnytskyi are favorable for the cultivation of winter wheat and rye, sugar beet, potato and other crops. Khmelnytskyi is also ideal for the development of gardening and vegetable growing. In the territory of Khmelnytskyi there are the vegetations of two geobotanical zones of Ukraine: Polissya and forest-steppe. Khmelnytskyi and its greater region supplies many rock products, particularly building materials such as: limestone, plaster, chalk, tripoli powder, crystal layers (granites, gneisses), sand, sandstones, and also graphite, saponite, kaolin, phosphorite, lithographic stone and roofing slate. There are also deposits of peat, bitumen, shale and oil.

Climate data for Khmelnytskyi (1955-2011)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 12.0
(53.6)		 17.1
(62.8)		 23.0
(73.4)		 26.5
(79.7)		 31.7
(89.1)		 33.9
(93)		 35.5
(95.9)		 34.0
(93.2)		 30.4
(86.7)		 26.6
(79.9)		 20.0
(68)		 12.8
(55)		 35.5
(95.9)
Average high °C (°F) −2.1
(28.2)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 4.6
(40.3)		 12.9
(55.2)		 19.3
(66.7)		 22.2
(72)		 23.9
(75)		 23.3
(73.9)		 18.5
(65.3)		 12.3
(54.1)		 4.8
(40.6)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 11.6
(52.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 0.8
(33.4)		 8.0
(46.4)		 13.9
(57)		 17.0
(62.6)		 18.6
(65.5)		 17.8
(64)		 13.1
(55.6)		 7.7
(45.9)		 2.0
(35.6)		 −2.7
(27.1)		 7.4
(45.3)
Average low °C (°F) −7.4
(18.7)		 −6.5
(20.3)		 −2.7
(27.1)		 3.2
(37.8)		 8.6
(47.5)		 11.8
(53.2)		 13.5
(56.3)		 12.7
(54.9)		 8.4
(47.1)		 3.7
(38.7)		 −0.7
(30.7)		 −5.3
(22.5)		 3.4
(38.1)
Record low °C (°F) −30.5
(−22.9)		 −27.0
(−16.6)		 −23.6
(−10.5)		 −7.2
(19)		 −2.8
(27)		 2.2
(36)		 3.6
(38.5)		 2.1
(35.8)		 −5.0
(23)		 −11.4
(11.5)		 −17.8
(0)		 −25.4
(−13.7)		 −30.5
(−22.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 32.5
(1.28)		 36.4
(1.433)		 30.2
(1.189)		 50.0
(1.969)		 60.6
(2.386)		 94.1
(3.705)		 105.0
(4.134)		 64.4
(2.535)		 58.4
(2.299)		 38.0
(1.496)		 45.5
(1.791)		 41.7
(1.642)		 656.8
(25.858)
Average precipitation days 20.7 19.0 17.7 13.1 11.0 11.3 10.5 7.7 10.5 11.5 16.1 20.2 169.3
Average relative humidity (%) 87.5 85.1 78.1 65.9 65.5 71.3 74.1 72.4 75.5 80.9 88.0 88.9 77.8
Source: Climatebase.ru[6]

Demographics

The average life expectancy of its inhabitants is 65 years for men, and 75 years for women. In 2006 Khmelnytskyi's birth rate continues to grow as 2,593 children were born. Due to Khmelnytskyi's geographical location and natural resources the city has always attracted foreigners, including Turks, Germans, Hungarians, Poles, Lithuanians, Austrians, Swedes and Russians.

Transport

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Khmelnytskyi railway station

Khmelnytskyi has infrastructure for transportation connections with Moscow, Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, Budapest, Belgrade and all major Ukrainian cities. The distance from Khmelnytskyi to Kiev by railway is estimated to be 366 km (227 mi), by highway it is estimated to be 384 km (239 mi). The highways Kiev-Lviv, Odessa-Lviv and Chernivtsi-Kiev pass through Khmelnytskyi. The city is served by the Khmelnytskyi Ruzhychna Airport. Khmelnytskyi's airport has a 2,200 m (7,217.85 ft) concrete runway; at the airport there is a check point for crossing the state border of Ukraine.

Sports

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Podillya Stadium

Khmelnytskyi is home to the competitive football team FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi.

Points of interest

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Proskurivska street
File:Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Khmelnytsky.jpg
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Khmelnytsky
  • Proskurivska street, a modern central pedestrian street of the city, preserved buildings of the end of the 19th - the beginnings of 20th century in the styles of modernist, eclecticisms, Baroque, stone (characteristic only for Proskuriv).
  • The house of the former Oleksiyivske real school (now it is the building of the City Executive Committee)
  • The house of O. Brusilov (now is the House of Ceremonial events)
  • The church of Nativity of the Virgin (the first stone construction in the city)
  • The Protection cathedral
  • St.George church
  • Andriy Pervozvannyi church in "Dubovo" district

Famous people from Khmelnytskyi

International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine

Twin towns — Sister cities

Khmelnytskyi is twinned with:

Views of Khmelnytskyi

  • Khmelnitsky, Podilska St, near Trade Center, 2005 08 10.jpg

    Podilska St, near Trade Center

  • Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, Shevchenko Street at summer day of 2005 08 20 (2).jpg

    Shevchenko Street - one of the main streets of Khmelnytskyi

  • Khmelnickyi1.JPG

    Main square

  • Хмельницкий. Старый дом..jpg

    Old building

  • Хмельницкий. Здание на перекрёстке..jpg

    Old town of Khmelnytsky

  • Khmeln.jpg

    Bank building

  • Хмельницкий. Свято-Георгиевский храм..jpg

    Saint George Cathedral

  • Собор Андрія Первозванного (Хмельницький).jpg

    St. Andrew (Andriy Pervozvannyi) church

  • Orthodox Cathedral Khmelnytsky.jpg

    Protection Cathedral in Khmelnytsky

References

  1. ↑ The alternative transliterations of the name include Khmel’nyts’kyỹ, Khmel’nyts’kyy, Khmelnitsky, and Khmelnitskiy
  2. ↑ Faina Vinokurova, PhD in historical sciences.
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