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

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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

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before becoming part of

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. 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

, the Cossack hetman who rebelled against the

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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

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

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between 1672 and 1699. During this period, it was a subdivision of Mejibuji sanjak in Podolia Eyalet as ''Poloskiruf''. After the

in 1793, the city was annexed by the

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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 ...

and Balta. In 1920 it became part of

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

. 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. 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?
by Henry Abramson,

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(25 February 2019) During the Schwartzbard trial, at the end of which Petliura'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 shot by an

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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.

Cold War

Khmelnytskyi was home to the 19th Division of the 43rd Rocket Army 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. Cooperative Threat Reduction funding, during the 1990s. Falling_of_Lenin_in_Khmelnytskyi_park

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

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, 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

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. 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:

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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.

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

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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

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team

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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

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* 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. Ruslan Kostyshyn

Sport

* 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

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* 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 *

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(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

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* Vita Palamar (born 1977) a female high jumper from Ukraine. * Serhiy Petrenko (born 1956) sprint canoeist, twice gold medallist at the

* 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

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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) *

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, Moldova (1996) * Kramfors, Sweden (1997) * Ciechanów, Poland (1997) *

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, Lithuania (2001) *

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, Spain (2002) *

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, Ukraine (2022) *

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, United Kingdom (2022) * Prague 6, Czech Republic (2022) In addition, Khmelnytskyi also developed solidary partnership with

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and

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in Germany. In January 2016, the Khmelnytskyi city council terminated its twinned relations with the Russian cities

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and

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due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present).Chernivtsi decided to terminate the relationship with twin two Russian cities

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(February 27, 2016)

Gallery

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Notes

References

External links

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khmelnytsky.com
- Khmelnytskyi City Rada website

Khmelnytskyi Sights and Streets

The murder of the Jews of Khmelnytskyi
during

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