Bila Tserkva

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Coordinates: 49°47′0″N, 30°07′0″E

Bila Tserkva
Бiла Церква
The "white church" of Bila Tserkva.
The "white church" of Bila Tserkva.
Official flag of Bila Tserkva Official coat of arms of Bila Tserkva
Flag Coat of arms


Location
Location of  Bila Tserkva  (orange)
Government
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
Kiev Oblast
Bila Tserkva City Municipality
Founded 1032
Magdeburg Rights 1589
Head of City
Council		 Vasyl Savchuk
Geographical characteristics
Area
 - City
34 km²
Population
 - City (01-01-2004)
203,300
est.
Coordinates 49°47′0″N, 30°07′0″E
Other Information
Postal Code 09100-09117
Dialing Code +380 4463
Sister cities Barysaw, Jingzhou, Kaunas, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Noginsk, Kremenchuk
Website: http://www.bilatserkva.info/

Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian: Бiла Церква, Russian: Белая Церковь, Belaya Tserkov) is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast (province) in central Ukraine, approximately 80 km south of the national capital, Kiev. Population 203,300 (January 1, 2004 est.) Area 34 km².[1]

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[edit] Administrative status

Bila Tserkva, Oleksandriia and surrounding villages in 1889.
Bila Tserkva, Oleksandriia and surrounding villages in 1889.

Serving as the administrative center of the Bilotserkivskyi Raion (district), Bila Tserkva is a city of oblast subordinance thus being subject directly to the oblast authorities rather to the raion administration housed in the city itself.

[edit] History

The town was founded in 1032 as Yuriev by Yaroslav the Wise, whose Christian name was Yuri. The present name of the city, literally translated, is "White Church" and may refer to the (not longer extant) white-painted cathedral of medieval Yuriev.

Monument to Yaroslav the Wise on Zamkova Gora (Castle Hill)
Monument to Yaroslav the Wise on Zamkova Gora (Castle Hill)

Since 1363 it belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and since 1569 to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1620 by Sigismund III Vasa. A peace treaty between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ukrainian Cossack rebels under Bohdan Khmelnytsky was signed here in 1651.

After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 Bila Tserkva came into Imperial Russia. It was a significant market place in the 19th century. During the Soviet times it became a large industrial center (machine building, construction industry).

[edit] Sights

Notable buildings include the covered market (1809-1814) and the complex of post buildings (1825-31). There are also Palladian wooden buildings of the Branickis' "Winter Palace" and the dictrict nobility assembly. The church of St. Nicholas was started in 1706 but was not completed until 1852. The Orthodox cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration was constructed in 1833-1839, while the Catholic church dates to 1812.

View of the so-called Ruins and the Laznevogo lake of the historical landscape park "Alexandria".
View of the so-called Ruins and the Laznevogo lake of the historical landscape park "Alexandria".[2]

A historical landscape park "Alexandria" of 2 km² is situated in Bila Tserkva. It was founded in 1793 by the wife of the Polish hetman Franciszek Ksawery Branicki.

[edit] Activities

The city is home to the major automobile tire manufacturer "Rosava" and the football team FC Ros Bila Tserkva. Ros is a team in the lower levels of the Ukrainian Football League.

[edit] Famous people

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[edit] References

Inline:
  1. ^ General information about the city, at Bila Tserkva official web-site
  2. ^ For more images of the park "Alexandria", see klymenko.data-tec.net

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