Novohrad-Volynskyi
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Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukrainian: Новоград-Волинський, translit., Novohrad-Volyns’kyi, Russian: Новоград-Волынский, translit., Novograd-Volynsky, Yiddish: זוויל translit. Zvil) is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was formerly known as Zvyahel.
The town was the oldest city in the old USSR (CCCP). Ironically, the name itself means "new town".
The town is best known as the birth place of Lesya Ukrainka, famous Ukrainian poet.
The current estimated population is around 56,000 (as of 2001).
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