Khmelnytskyi (, ) is a city in
western Ukraine. Located on the
Southern Bug
The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh (; ; ; or just ), and sometimes Boh River (; ), , it serves as the administrative centre of
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...
as well as
Khmelnytskyi Raion within the oblast.
With a population of Khmelnytskyi is the second-largest city in the historical region of
Podolia
Podolia or Podillia is a historic region in Eastern Europe located in the west-central and southwestern parts of Ukraine and northeastern Moldova (i.e. northern Transnistria).
Podolia is bordered by the Dniester River and Boh River. It features ...
, after
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia ( ; , ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative centre, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also s ...
.
The city was first mentioned in 1431 as a Polish military post, where it was known as ''Płoskirów'' under Polish rule. It was seized by
Cossacks
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic languages, East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borde ...
during the
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...
and later ruled by the Ottomans until 1699. It was passed to Russia in 1793, as a result of the
Second Partition of Poland
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of partitions of Poland, three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The second partition (politics), partition occurred i ...
, and became part of the newly-formed
Podolia Governorate, where it became known as ''Proskuriv'' or ''Proskurov''. From 1917 to 1920, it was controlled by the short-lived
Ukrainian People's Republic
The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) was a short-lived state in Eastern Europe. Prior to its proclamation, the Central Council of Ukraine was elected in March 1917 Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, as a result of the February Revolution, ...
before becoming part of
Soviet Ukraine
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. Under the Soviet one-party m ...
. The city's Jewish population fell from 42 per cent in 1939 to 10 per cent in 1959 as a result of
the Holocaust in Ukraine. In 1954, it was renamed ''Khmelnytskyi'' in honor of the Cossack leader
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...
.
Khmelnytskyi is the location of a rail junction and an important industrial centre, as well as a centre for higher education such as the
Khmelnytskyi National University and the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater.
Names
Khmelnytskyi had several names throughout history. In the oldest written evidence about this settlement, the name of the city was mentioned as ''Ploskirowce'', while later documents mentioned its name as ''Płoskirów'', which probably comes from the name of the Ploska River.
In 1793, the city was renamed ''Proskurov'', which appeared on the decree to create
Podolia Governorate. This toponym is very similar to the name "
proskura", which is a bread in the liturgical service.
On 16 January 1954, Proskuriv was renamed to Khmelnytskyi in honor of
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...
, the Cossack hetman who rebelled against the
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
.
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
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
2000 B.C., and from
Scythian
The Scythians ( or ) or Scyths (, but note Scytho- () in composition) and sometimes also referred to as the Pontic Scythians, were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people who had migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC fr ...
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
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a monarchy in Central Europe during the Middle Ages, medieval period from 1025 until 1385.
Background
The West Slavs, West Slavic tribe of Polans (western), Polans who lived in what i ...
. It was a
royal city.
Polish rule was briefly interrupted by the
Ottomans
Ottoman may refer to:
* Osman I, historically known in English as "Ottoman I", founder of the Ottoman Empire
* Osman II, historically known in English as "Ottoman II"
* Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empir ...
between 1672 and 1699. During this period, it was a subdivision of
Mejibuji sanjak in
Podolia Eyalet as ''Poloskiruf''. After the
Second Partition of Poland
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of partitions of Poland, three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The second partition (politics), partition occurred i ...
in 1793, the city was annexed by the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
and was renamed ''Proskurov'' (). According to the
Russian census of 1897, Proskurov with a population of 22,855 was the fifth largest city of Podolia after
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
,
Uman
Uman (, , ) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located to the east of Vinnytsia. Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River. Uman serves as the administrative c ...
,
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia ( ; , ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative centre, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also s ...
and
Balta. In 1920 it became part of
Soviet Ukraine
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. Under the Soviet one-party m ...
. In 1954 the city was finally renamed ''Khmelnytskyi'' (Хмельницький) in the honor of the 300th anniversary of a treaty negotiated by
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...
.
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
pogrom
A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of Massacre, massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe late 19th- and early 20th-century Anti-Jewis ...
s 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). 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,
Poale Zion
Poale Zion (, also romanized ''Poalei Tziyon'' or ''Poaley Syjon'', meaning "Workers of Zion") was a movement of Marxist–Zionist Jewish workers founded in various cities of Poland, Europe and the Russian Empire at about the turn of the 20th c ...
,
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?]
by Henry Abramson, Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
(25 February 2019)
During the
Schwartzbard trial, at the end of which
Petliura's assassin was pardoned on the grounds of self-trail (
revenge
Revenge is defined as committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Vengeful forms of justice, such as primitive justice or retributive justice, are often differentiated from more fo ...
), 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
German Army
The German Army (, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (G ...
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
(, ; also 'task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the impl ...
. A
ghetto
A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished than other ...
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.
Cold War
Khmelnytskyi was home to the 19th Division of the
43rd Rocket Army of the Soviet
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; ) is a military branch, separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinenta ...
during the Cold War. The
intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range (aeronautics), range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more Thermonuclear weapon, thermonuclear warheads). Conven ...
silo
A silo () is a structure for storing Bulk material handling, bulk materials.
Silos are commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use toda ...
s of the division that were housed there were removed and destroyed, partially with U.S.
Cooperative Threat Reduction funding, during the 1990s.
Russo-Ukrainian War
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.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 10 October 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, the city was targeted by Russian cruise missiles as part of a major retaliation strike for the
Crimean Bridge explosion, causing a blackout in the city and limiting water supply.
During a missile attack on 31 December, a gas station and a military facility inside the city was hit by two Russian cruise missiles, killing at least one civilian and wounding nine. The attack also caused a partial blackout and damaged more than a dozen cars and several residential buildings, including a
kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cen ...
.
On 23 February 2023, Russian forces hit Khmelnytskyi with 3 Iranian-made
UAVs of the "Shahed type", killing one person and wounding four. Additionally, the attack caused a fire and damaged multiple buildings.
Geography

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
Southern Bug
The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh (; ; ; or just ), and sometimes Boh River (; ), . Coincidentally, through the western portion of the city flows the small river Ploska.
The most abundant make up for the ground in Khmelnytskyi are layers of the following overburden:
loess
A loess (, ; from ) is a clastic rock, clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loesses or similar deposition (geology), deposits.
A 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
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 .
Demographics
According to a 2017 survey, 94% of the population are ethnic Ukrainians and 3% are Russians.
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the
2001 census:
According to a survey conducted by the
International Republican Institute
The International Republican Institute (IRI) is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1983 and funded and supported by the United States federal government. Most of its board is drawn from the Republican Party. Its public mission is to a ...
in April-May 2023, 88% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 9% spoke Russian.
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, Odesa-Lviv and Chernivtsi-Kyiv pass through Khmelnytskyi. The city is served by the
Khmelnytskyi Ruzhychna Airport. 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
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
team
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi () is a Ukrainian professional association football, football team that is based in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. The club competes in the Ukrainian Second League.
History Soviet era
...
.
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
*
Boris Berenfeld (born 1947), biophysicist
*
Nellie Casman (1896–1984) an actress and singer in Yiddish theatre in New York.
*
Ariel Durant (1898–1981) an American author and historian
*
Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000) a Russian ophthalmologist, politician and professor
*
Alberto Gerchunoff (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 (1885–1953), American mathematician and oceanographer
*
Jack Liebowitz (1900–2000), an American accountant and co-owner of what became
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
*
Mischa Mischakoff (1895–1981), American violinist, teacher, and conductor
*
Oleksandr Ponomaryov (born 1973), Ukrainian singer
*
Lesia Nikitiuk (born 1987), Ukrainian TV presenter
*
Alexander Rutskoy (born 1947), Russian politician
*
Oksana Shachko (1987–2018), Ukrainian artist and activist with
FEMEN
*
Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988),
FEMEN activist
*
Mikhail Tsekhanovsky (1889—1965) artist, animation director, book illustrator, screenwriter and sculptor.
*
Natalia Valevska (born 1981), Ukrainian pop and dance singer
*
Alla Zahaikevych (born 1966) composer of contemporary classical music and performance artist.
*
Klemens Zamoyski (1738–1767) a Polish nobleman and 8th Ordynat of Zamość estate
*
Tomasz Józef Zamoyski
Tomasz Józef Zamoyski (1678–1725) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic).
Tomasz became the 5th Ordynat of Zamość estate. He was also starost of Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Płoskirów and Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Gródek and became a Royal Colonel. ...
(1678–1725) a Polish nobleman and the 5th Ordynat of Zamość estate.
Sport
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Vitaliy Balytskyi (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 (born 1992) sprint canoeist and bronze medallist at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
*
Andriy Kirlik (born 1974) footballer with over 350 club caps and an ordained deacon
*
Ruslan Kostyshyn (born 1977) a Ukrainian retired footballer with 547 club caps
*
Leonid Krupnik
Leonid Krupnik (born July 15, 1979) is a former footballer and current coach. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. He played soccer professionally for the Des Moines Menace, MetroStars, Wilmington Hammer ...
(born 1979) an American-Israeli former soccer player with over 300 club caps, and current coach.
*
Oksana Masters (born 1989), American Paralympic rower and cross-country skier
*
Serhei Nahorny (born 1956) sprint canoeist, silver and gold medallist at the
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...
*
Vita Palamar (born 1977) a female high jumper from Ukraine.
*
Serhiy Petrenko (born 1956) sprint canoeist, twice gold medallist at the
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...
*
Olga Polyuk (born 1987), freestyle skier, specializing in aerials, three time Olympian.
*
Bohdan Shershun (1981–2024), footballer with over 330 club caps and 4 for
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
International relations
Khmelnytskyi confidently sets a course for European integration. The city of Khmelnytskyi became the winner of The Europe Prize in 2021 – it is the highest honor Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which is awarded to cities for spreading European ideals.
Twin towns – sister cities
Khmelnytskyi is
twinned with:
*
Modesto, United States (1987)
*
Silistra, Bulgaria (1992)
*
Bor, Serbia (1995)
*
Bălți
Bălți () is a city in Moldova. It is the second-largest city in terms of population, area and economic importance, after Chișinău. The city holds the status of municipiu. Sometimes called "the northern capital", it is a major industrial, cu ...
, Moldova (1996)
*
Kramfors, Sweden (1997)
*
Ciechanów, Poland (1997)
*
Šiauliai
Šiauliai ( ; ) is a city in northern Lithuania, the List of cities in Lithuania, country's fourth largest city and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, sixth largest city in the Baltic States, with a population of 112 581 in 202 ...
, Lithuania (2001)
*
Manises
Manises (, ) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Oest in the Valencian Community, Spain. Located in the province of Valencia, it had 30,693 inhabitants in 2018 (NSI) and is famous for its pottery and being the location of Valencia Airp ...
, Spain (2002)
*
Starobilsk
Starobilsk (; ) is a city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Starobilsk Raion. The modern settlement was founded in 1686, and it was granted city status in 1938. The city has a population of As a result of the ...
, Ukraine (2022)
*
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...
, United Kingdom (2022)
*
Prague 6, Czech Republic (2022)
In addition, Khmelnytskyi also developed solidary partnership with
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
and
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
in Germany.
In January 2016, the Khmelnytskyi city council terminated its twinned relations with the Russian cities
Tver
Tver (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Tvertsa rivers. Tver is located northwest of Moscow. Population:
The city is ...
and
Ivanovo
Ivanovo (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Russia and the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow and approximately from Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Russia, Vladimir and Kostroma. ...
due to the
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present).
[Chernivtsi decided to terminate the relationship with twin two Russian cities]
The Ukrainian Week
''The Ukrainian Week'' (, ) is an illustrated weekly magazine and news outlet covering politics, economics and the arts and aimed at the socially engaged Ukrainian-language reader. It provides a range of analysis, opinion, interviews, feature p ...
(February 27, 2016)
Gallery
File:Хмельницький, вулиця Панаса Мирного, ЖК «.Агора», фото 1.jpg, Panas Myrny Street
File:Дендропарк. панорама.jpg, Arboretum
File:Хмельницкий областной совет. Фото 4.jpg, Main square
File:Вул.Грушевського 97.jpg, Manor at Hrushevskoho Street, 97
File:Особняк, де розміщувався штаб 8-ої кавалерійської дивізії Червоного козацтва Хмельницький вул. Грушевського, 95.JPG, Former Headquarters of the 8th Cavalry Division of the Red Cossacks
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
File:Хмельницький, 16-поверховий будинок на перехресті вулиць Подільської та Грушевського.jpg, Podilska Street
File:Хмельницький, реконструйований будинок на розі вулиць Проскурівської та Грушевського.jpg, Proskurivska Street
File:Костел святої Анни, Гречани, Хмельницький.jpg, Church of St. Anne
See also
*
List of cities in Ukraine
There are 463 populated places in Ukraine, populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 23 April 2025. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for ...
Notes
References
External links
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khmelnytsky.com - Khmelnytskyi City Rada website
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World War II
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Yad Vashem
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An English-language city guide to Khmelnytsky
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Cities in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
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15th-century establishments in Ukraine