Ozhenyn, ( uk: ''Оженин'', pl: Ożenin), is a village in

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in the

Ostroh Raion Ostroh Raion ( uk, Острозький район) was a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Ostroh which was administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to th ...

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. It is the site of

Ostroh Ostroh ( uk, Остро́г; pl, Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion (district). Administratively, Ostroh is incorporated ...

railway station, on the

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–

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line. Until the 1930s it was called "Ożenin". The city of Ostroh is 14km distant from the station.

Landmarks

* Mansion and estate – Until the end of the 19th century, there was an ancient manor house owned by the

Jełowicki family The Jełowicki family, sometimes called Jałowiecki, (feminine form: Jełowicka, plural: Jełowiccy) is a Polish princely family of Ruthenian- Lithuanian origin, bearing the ''Jełowicki'' arms. They use the prefix Bożeniec. Their estates wer ...

, in whose possession it had been for seven generations. It was set amidst opulent

park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

land featuring an avenue of centenarian

linden tree ''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain and Ireland they ...

s. In 1927 Witold Jełowicki, jurist and judge, died on his Ożenin estate.

Notable people

Antonina Niemiryczowa Antonina Niemiryczowa or Niemierzycowa, née Bożeniec Jełowicka (pseud. ''A.Z.I.N.L.O: Antonina Z Iełowickich Niemiryczowa Litewska Oboźna, tr. Antonina née Iełowicka Niemiryczowa Lithuanian Camp dweller'' c.1702 in Ożenin, Ostróg - c.1 ...

née Jełowicka (1702–1780), Polish

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

poet and translator, was born on the Ożenin family estate

References

Bibliography

Фотолинии

Фотолинии

External links

* Ostrozhsky Uyezd {{Rivne-geo-stub