Iziaslav or Izyaslav (, ), also known as Zaslav (, ; , ), is one of the oldest cities in
Volhynia
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. Situated on the
Horyn River
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hromada
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Partitions of Poland
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Iziaslav was part of the
Russian Empire
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– Volhynian Governorate.
At the beginning of World War II, the town had a Jewish population representing 28% of the inhabitants. As soon as the Germans occupied the town, Jews were kept imprisoned in a ghetto and were later murdered in mass executions perpetrated by '' Einsatzgruppen''.
Until 18 July 2020, Iziaslav was the administrative center of
Iziaslav Raion
Iziaslav Raion () was a raion in Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Iziaslav. It was established in 1923. One city and ninety-one villages were located in Iziaslav Raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Iziaslav Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.
File:A viev in New Zaslav.JPG, City view
File:Custom house Zaslav 2006.jpg, Old Zaslav Castle
File:12. Палац у м. Ізяслав.JPG, Ruins of Sanguszko Palace
File:Iziaslav Bernardine monastery.jpg, Church of St. Michael and Bernardine Monastery
File:2.Костел мiсiонерiв Св.Йосифа.JPG, Church of St. Joseph and Lazarists Monastery
File:Iziaslav. The Birth of Christ Cathedral.jpg, Church of Nativity
File:Монастир бернадинів, нині в’язниця.jpg,
* Anatoliy Aleksandrov (born 1951), rector of the Bauman University, Moscow
* Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (born 1986), Ukrainian professional footballer
* (1838–1926), Polish historian
* (1696–1765), Italian-Polish Baroque architect
* Nathan ben Moses Hannover (17th century), Ruthenian Jewish historian, Talmudist, and kabbalist
* Bill Mazer (1920–2013), American television and radio personality
* (b. 1914 in Iziaslav; d. 1988 in the US), architect and artist
*
Leonard Nimoy
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Star Trek
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''); parents born in Iziaslav, emigrated to
Boston
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, USA
* Myroslav Popovych (1930–2018), Ukrainian philosopher
* Tzvi Tzur (1923–2004), Israeli officer, IDF Chief of Staff (1961–1963)
* Aleksander Zasławski (died 1629), Polish-Lithuanian noble, voivode of Bracław
* Władysław Dominik Zasławski (c. 1616–1656), Polish nobleman of Ruthenian stock, prince of the princely houses of Poland
World War II
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