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Zviahel (, ; Yiddish orthography, translit. ''Zvil'') is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (Oblast, province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as ''Zviahel'', the city was renamed to ''Novohrad-Volynskyi'' () in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Russian Empire soon after the third Partition of Poland. On 16 June 2022 city council renamed the city again to Zviahel.Novohrad-Volynskyi was renamed Zviahel - deputies returned the historical name of the city
Suspilne Movlennia (16 June 2022)
The decision on renaming the city was approved by the Ukrainian parliament on 16 November 2022.In Ukraine, the city of Novohrad-Volynskyi was renamed
Ukrainska Pravda (16 November 2022)
The city serves as the Capital city, administrative center of Zviahel Raion (Raion, district). Population: The city is located on the main route to Kyiv () near its crossing at the Sluch (Ukraine), Sluch River. Located on Sluch (Ukraine), Sluch, the city geographically is located on the eastern border of historical Volhynia (Volyn) or Volhynia Superior.


Name

The city has previously been known as: Возвягель ''Vozviahel'', Звяголь ''Zviahol'', Zviahel, Звягаль ''Zviahal'', Dzwihel, Novohrad-Volynskyi. Originally known as ''Zviahel'', the city was renamed to ''Novohrad-Volynskyi'' in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Russian Empire soon after the third Partition of Poland. Since the 1991 Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine there have been several attempts to rename the city. Public discussions on renaming the city to Zviahel began in April 2022. On 16 June 2022 city council renamed the city again to Zviahel. The decision was supported by 22 of the 30 deputies present, while four deputies opposed and abstained. The name change was then to be approved by the deputies of the Zhytomyr Oblast Council. And the final decision on renaming the city had then to be made by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian parliament. The decision on renaming the city was approved by the Ukrainian parliament on 16 November 2022. On 31 March 2022 the city council had removed the letter Z (which was a reference to the name Zviahel and it was placed on the bell symbol) from its coats of arms. This was done because letter Z was widely used by the invading Russian army during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Z (military symbol), has become a propaganda tool in Russia.Change of symbols: in Zhytomyr region the letter "Z" was removed from the coats of arms of one of the communities
Suspilne Movlennia (31 March 2022)


History

The city was mentioned in the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle under the year of 1256 as the town of Zviahel. The original settlement was an Old Ruthenian town of ''Bolokhiv Land'' located on the right bank of Sluch (Ukraine), Sluch.Zvizdetskyi, B.
Vozvyahl (ВОЗВЯГЛЬ)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2003
In 1257 it was razed by Daniel of Galicia. The next mentioning of the settlement is found in 1432 as a rebuilt one on the left bank upstream from the original site. Since 14th century it belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania owned by Zwiahelski princely family. In 1501 to 1554 the town belonged to Ostrogski princely family. In 1507 Konstanty Ostrogski built here a castle. After formation of Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795), Volhynian Voivodeship, it was located in Lutsk County. Following the 1569 Union of Lublin it was passed on to the Crown of Poland. During the Khmelnytsky Uprising, Cossacks destroyed portion of the city's fortification and burnt down the Catholic church (kosciol). In September 1648 in the city was formed an insurgency group of local peasants led by Mykhalo Tysha. In 1650s in Zwiahel existed Zwiahel Regiment. In 18th century the city belonged to Lubomirski princely family. The city had an important Jewish community. In the late 19th century it was home to 9,378 Jews, more than half the population of the town. Pogroms killed approximately 1,000 Jews in 1919. After the Treaty of Riga, Novohrad-Volynskyi became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. By the start of World War II only 6,840 Jews remained, (30% of the total population). Hundreds of Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen in 1941. Many survivors were imprisoned in harsh conditions in a ghetto and murdered in November 1942, and an important part of the town was destroyed during the war.


Climate


Notable people

*Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913), poet and writer *Valerii Zaluzhnyi (1973), general and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine *Peter Krasnow (1886–1979), artist *Elena Yakovleva (born 1961), actress * Baruch Korff (1914-1995), Jewish activist known as "Nixon's rabbi" *Oleksandr Kovalchuk (1974), politician


Twin towns – sister cities

Zviahel is Sister city, twinned with: * Bełchatów, Poland * Dolyna, Ukraine * Halych, Ukraine * Khashuri Municipality, Khashuri, Georgia * Łomża, Poland * Myrhorod, Ukraine * Rahachow, Belarus * Suomussalmi, Finland


Gallery

File:Дворец Мезенцева.jpg, Mezentsev Palace File:Вокзал залізничний в Новограді.jpg, Railway station File:Меморіальний музей Лесі Українки.JPG, Lesya Ukrainka's house File:Denkmal für die Opfer des Faschismus auf dem Massengrab für die im 2. Weltkrieg erschossenen Juden.jpg, Holocaust monument File:Atlas Cosmographicae (Mercator) 102.jpg, Dzwihel is between Teteriv and Sluch File:Осінній псевдозамок Звягеля.jpg, Novohrad Fortress File:Фортеця, р. Случ..jpg, Novohrad Fortress over Sluch River


References


External links


Official Web Site
(expired)

Encyclopedia of Ukraine
Find out Novograd-Volynskyi @ Ukrainian.Travel
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