Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Хмельни́цький, Khmelnytskyi, ), until 1954 Proskuriv ( uk, Проску́рів, links=no ), is a city in western

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, the administrative center for

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

(

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) and

Khmelnytskyi Raion Khmelnytskyi Raion ( uk, Хмельницький район, ) is one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Khmelnytskyi. Its populati ...

(district). It hosts the administration of the Khmelnytskyi urban

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

. Khmelnytskyi is located in the historic region of

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

on the banks of the Buh River. The city received its current local government designation in 1941. The current city's population is estimated , making it the second largest city of the former, archaic Podolia region after

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...

and the largest city of the western part of the region.

History

The city foundation date is uncertain. The territory, where Khmelnytskyi is situated, has been inhabited for a very long time. Many archaeological discoveries have been made in the city suburbs. For example, to the East of Lezneve district, there was a settlement from the

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2000 B.C., and from

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times from 7–3 century B.C. The first mention of the city was written with Cyrillic alphabet. The earliest known mention in historical sources was in 1431, when it was known as ''Płoskirów'' (''Ploskirov'', ''Плоскиров'') and was part of the

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. It was a

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. Polish rule was briefly interrupted by Ottoman one between 1672 and 1699. During this period, it was nahiya centre in Mejibuji sanjak in

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as ''Poloskiruf''. After the

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in 1793, the city was annexed by the

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and was renamed ''Proskurov'' (). According to the

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, Proskurov with a population of 22,855 was the fifth largest city of Podolia after

Kamianets-Podilskyi Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...

Uman Uman ( uk, Умань, ; pl, Humań; yi, אומאַן) is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the historical region of the eastern Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River ...

and

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. In 1920 it became part of

Soviet Ukraine The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. In 1954 the city was finally renamed ''Khmelnytskyi'' (Хмельницький) in the honor of the 300th anniversary of a treaty negotiated by

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...

. After new archival sources presented at the 2006 conference City of Khmelnytskyi in the Context of Ukrainian History post-dated the city’s earliest mention from 1493 to 1431, it changed its official 513th anniversary commemoration to its 575th.

Pogroms

A series of anti-Jewish

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s have been carried out in the region, known together as the

Proskurov pogrom The Proskurov pogrom took place on 15 February 1919 in the town of Proskurov (now Khmelnytskyi) during the Ukrainian War of Independence, which was taken over from under the Bolshevik control by militants who claimed themselves to be Haidamacks. I ...

. 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). Estimates vary as to the number of victims, some putting the death toll at 1,500 Jews in Proskurov alone, with 600 more killed in nearby Filshtein. 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,

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, Folks-Partei, Unificationists) rose to defend the sovereignty of the Ukrainian Republic and were cooperating with the Ukrainian government. 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. According to sources the order was carried out on March 20, 1920. Other sources claim that he was released.Proskurivsky pogrom. Petliura's fault?
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(25 February 2019) During the

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, at the end of which

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's assassin was pardoned on the grounds of self-trail (

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), 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

The town was occupied by the

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from July 8, 1941 to March 25, 1944. On November 4, 1941, 5300 Jewish inhabitants of the town and surrounding villages were

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. A

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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.

After World War II

Khmelnytskyi was home to the 19th Division of the

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of the Soviet

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during the Cold War. The

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s of the division that were housed there were removed and destroyed, partially with U.S.

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funding, during the 1990s. Falling_of_Lenin_in_Khmelnytskyi_park

Until 18 July 2020, Khmelnytskyi was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three, the city of Khmelnytskyi was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.

2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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and 10 October 2022 missile strikes on Ukraine'' The Russian forces did not attack Khmelnitskyi during the first 7 months of the war. On 10 October 2022 however, the city has been targeted by Russian cruise missiles, causing a blackout and limiting water supply.

Geography and natural resources

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 . Khmelnytskyi has a favorable geographical position. Khmelnytskyi is crossed by one of the longest rivers of Ukraine – the

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. Coincidentally, through the western portion of the city flows the small river Ploska. The climate of Khmelnytskyi is moderately continental. The average temperature of Khmelnytskyi in its warmest month (July) is , and the average temperature in the coldest month (January) is . The maximum temperatures in the summer on average reaches , and the minimum temperatures in the winter on average is . Khmelnytskyi's average annual temperature is . Khmelnytskyi's average annual precipitation is . The most abundant make up for the ground in Khmelnytskyi are layers of the following overburden:

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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.

Demographics

According to a 2017 survey, 84% of the population are ethnic Ukrainians and 13% are Russians. The average life expectancy of its inhabitants is 65 years for men, and 75 years for women.

Education

Khmelnytskyi hosts 6 universities, 2 academies, 3 institutes, 12 colleges, 4 technical schools and 15 representative offices of other Ukrainian HEIs.

Transport

Khmelnytskyi has infrastructure for transportation connections with Moscow, Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, Budapest, Belgrade and all major Ukrainian cities. The distance from Khmelnytskyi to Kyiv by railway is estimated to be , by highway it is estimated to be . The highways Kyiv-Lviv, Odessa-Lviv and Chernivtsi-Kyiv pass through Khmelnytskyi. The city is served by the

Khmelnytskyi Ruzhychna Airport Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Хмельни́цький, Khmelnytskyi, ), until 1954 Proskuriv ( uk, Проску́рів, links=no ), is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center for Khmelnytskyi Oblast (region) and Khmelnytskyi Raion (dist ...

. Khmelnytskyi's airport has a concrete runway; at the airport there is a check point for crossing the state border of Ukraine.

Sports

Khmelnytskyi is home to the competitive

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team

FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi is a professional Ukrainian football team that is based in Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. The club competes in the Ukrainian Second League. History Soviet era Established in the Soviet Union as part of the D ...

Points of interest

*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

Notable people

Nellie Casman Nellie Casman (1896–1984) was an American actress and singer in Yiddish theater. She was born in Proskurov, Russia, and moved to the United States in the early 1900s. Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1963).Kesman, Neli. ''Leksikon fun Yidishn teater'', vol ...

(1896–1984) an actress and singer in Yiddish theatre in New York. *

Ariel Durant Ariel Durant (; May 10, 1898 – October 25, 1981) was a Russian-born American researcher and writer. She was the coauthor of '' The Story of Civilization'' with her husband, Will Durant. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fic ...

(1898–1981) an American author and historian *

Svyatoslav Fyodorov Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov (; August 8, 1927 – June 2, 2000) was a Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. He is considered to be a pioneer of ...

(1927–2000) a Russian ophthalmologist, politician and professor *

Alberto Gerchunoff Alberto Gerchunoff (January 1, 1883 – March 2, 1950), was an Argentine writer born in the Russian Empire, in the city of Proskuriv, now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. Biography His family emigrated in 1889 to the Argentinian Jewish agricultural colony ...

(1883–1950), Argentine author and journalist * Max Husmann (1888–1965), Swiss peacemaker, helped Operation Sunrise in WWII * Anatoly Kashpirovsky (born 1939, Russian psychotherapist and psychic healer *

Harry A. Marmer Harry A. Marmer (June 21, 1885 – November 5, 1953) was a Russian Empire-born American engineer, mathematician and oceanographer who was a career employee of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. He was an internationally recognized expert ...

(1885–1953), American mathematician and oceanographer *

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* Mischa Mischakoff (1895–1981), American violinist, teacher, and conductor *

Oleksandr Ponomaryov Oleksandr Ponomariov ( ua, Олександр Пономарьов; born August 9, 1973) is a Ukrainian singer. He has been awarded the country's "Singer of the Year" seven times. Ponomariov was born in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. One of his early ...

(born 1973), Ukrainian singer *

Oksana Shachko Oksana Shachko ( uk, Оксана Шачко; 31 January 1987 – 23 July 2018) was a Ukrainian artist and activist. Along with Anna Hutsol and Alexandra Shevchenko, she was one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group Femen, which ...

(1987–2018), Ukrainian artist and activist with FEMEN *

Alexandra Shevchenko Olexandra Shevchenko ( uk, Олександра Шевченко) is a member of the Ukrainian radical feminist protest group FEMEN, which regularly demonstrates topless against manifestations of patriarchy, dictatorship, religion, and the sex ...

(born 1988), FEMEN activist *

Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Mikhail Mikhailovich Tsekhanovsky (russian: Михаил Михайлович Цехановский; — 22 June 1965) was a Russian and Soviet artist, animation director, book illustrator, screenwriter, sculptor and educator. He was one of th ...

(1889—1965) artist, animation director, book illustrator, screenwriter and sculptor. *

Natalia Valevska Natalia Oleksandrivna Valevska (Ukrainian: Наталія Олександрівна Валевська, Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic people ...

(born 1981), Ukrainian pop and dance singer * Alla Zahaikevych (born 1966) composer of contemporary classical music and performance artist. *

Klemens Zamoyski Klemens Zamoyski (1738–1767) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Klemens was the 8th Ordynat of Zamość estate, starost of Płoskirów and Tarnów. Notes References 1738 births 1767 deaths People from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Kle ...

(1738–1767) a Polish nobleman and 8th Ordynat of Zamość estate * Tomasz Józef Zamoyski (1678–1725) a Polish nobleman and the 5th Ordynat of Zamość estate. Ruslan Kostyshyn

Sport

Vitaliy Balytskyi Vitaliy Balytskyi ( uk, Віталій Вікторович Балицький; 22 August 1978 – 23 July 2018) was a Ukrainian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a g ...

(1978–2018) a Ukrainian football player with 297 club caps * Dmytro Bezotosnyi (born 1983) a Ukrainian football goalkeeper with over 300 club caps. * Lyudmyla Holovchenko (born 1978) a retired amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler *

Dmytro Ianchuk Dmytro Mykolayovych Ianchuk or Yanchuk ( uk, Дмитро Миколайович Янчук; born 14 November 1992) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the C-2 1000 metres event, the 2015 World bronze med ...

(born 1992) sprint canoeist and bronze medallist at the

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Andriy Kirlik Andriy Yanoshevych Kirlik ( ua, Андрій Яношевич Кірлік, born 21 November 1974) is a Ukrainian football midfielder. He last played for Chornomorets in the Ukrainian Premier League, from 2003 to 2008. He was ordained as deac ...

(born 1974) footballer with over 350 club caps and an ordained deacon *

Ruslan Kostyshyn Ruslan Volodymyrovych Kostyshyn (born 8 January 1977) is a Ukrainian retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder and current football manager of Kazakhstani club FC Aksu, Aksu. Career Kostyshyn began his care ...

(born 1977) a Ukrainian retired footballer with 547 club caps *

Leonid Krupnik Leonid "Leo" Krupnik (, , ; born July 15, 1979 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian-born United States, American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach. He played college soccer at the Universit ...

(born 1979) an American-Israeli former soccer player with over 300 club caps, and current coach. *

Oksana Masters Oksana Masters (born June 19, 1989) is an American multi-sport Paralympic athlete of Ukrainian descent from Louisville, Kentucky. Having primarily specialized in rowing and cross-country skiing, she won the first ever United States medal in trun ...

(born 1989), American Paralympic rower and cross-country skier *

Serhei Nahorny Serhiy Nahorniy (born December 8, 1956) is a Soviet Union, Soviet canoe racing, sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Montreal in 1976 Summer Olympics, ...

(born 1956) sprint canoeist, silver and gold medallist at the

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Vita Palamar Vita Palamar ( uk, Віта Паламар; born 12 October 1977 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union) is a female high jumper from Ukraine. Career Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set ...

(born 1977) a female high jumper from Ukraine. *

Serhiy Petrenko Serhiy Volodymyrovych Petrenko ( uk, Сергій Володимирович Петренко; born 8 December 1956) is a retired Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He competed in doubles at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won two gold medals in 1976. ...

(born 1956) sprint canoeist, twice gold medallist at the

* Olga Polyuk (born 1987), freestyle skier, specializing in aerials, three time Olympian. *

Bohdan Shershun Bohdan Mykolayovych Shershun ( uk, Богдан Миколайович Шершун; born 14 May 1981) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian Association football, football Defender (association football), defender. He has competed in international competit ...

(born 1981), footballer with over 330 club caps and 4 for

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

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Gallery

File:Хмельницький, вулиця Панаса Мирного, ЖК «.Агора», фото 1.jpg, Panas Myrny St File:Дендропарк. панорама.jpg, Arboretum File:Хмельницкий областной совет. Фото 4.jpg, Main square File:Вул.Грушевського 97.jpg, Old building File:Особняк, де розміщувався штаб 8-ої кавалерійської дивізії Червоного козацтва Хмельницький вул. Грушевського, 95.JPG, Old town of Khmelnytsky File:Khmeln.jpg, Bank building File:Хмельницький DSC 0262 вул. І. Франка Храм Георгія Побідоносця.jpg, Saint George Cathedral File:Собор апостола Андрія1.jpg, St. Andrew (Andriy Pervozvannyi) church File:Orthodox Cathedral Khmelnytsky.jpg, Protection Cathedral in Khmelnytsky File:Пам’ятник Папі Римському 2.jpg, Monument to John Paul II File:Хмельницький, 16-поверховий будинок на перехресті вулиць Подільської та Грушевського.jpg, Podil'ska St File:Хмельницький, реконструйований будинок на розі вулиць Проскурівської та Грушевського.jpg, Proskurivska street File:Костел святої Анни, Гречани, Хмельницький.jpg, Church of St. Anne in Khmelnytsky

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References

External links

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khmelnytsky.com
- Khmelnytskyi City Rada website

Khmelnytskyi Sights and Streets

The murder of the Jews of Khmelnytskyi
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