Vinnytsia
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| Vinnytsia Вінниця |
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| Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia City Municipality |
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| Founded | 1794 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Head of City Council |
Volodymyr Borysovich Hroysman | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 60.94 km² (23.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 332,400 | ||
| - Density | 5,066/km² (13,120.9/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 21000- | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 43 | ||
| Website: www.vmr.gov.ua | |||
Vinnytsia, also referred to as Vinnytsya, Vinnitsa or Vinnica (Ukrainian: Вінниця, pre-Soviet: Vynnytsia; Russian: Винница, translit. Vinnitsa; Polish: Winnica) is a city located on the banks of the Southern Buh River, in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Vinnytsia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Vinnytsky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and rests in the historic region of Podillia.
The current estimated population is 332,400 (as of 2004).
Since the end of World War II, Vinnytsia has been the home for a major Air force base, including an airfield, a hospital, arsenals, and other military installations. The Ukrainian Air Force Command has been based in Vinnytsia since 1992.
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[edit] Geography
Vinnytsia is located about 260 km (160 mi) from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev (Kyiv), 429 km (267 mi) from the port city - Odessa (Odesa), and 369 km (229 mi) from Lviv.
[edit] Climate
A long lasting warm summer with a sufficient quantity of moisture and a comparatively short winter is characteristic of Vinnytsia. The average temperature in January is -5.8 °C and 18.3 °C in July. The average annual precipitation is 638 mm.
Throughout the year, 6-9 days per year include snowstorms, 37-60 days of the year include mists during the cold period, and 3-5 days include thunder storms with hail.
[edit] History
Vinnytsia was an important trade and political center of note since as early as the sixteenth century. More specifically, the city played a significant role during Cossack wars as well as during World War II. Great Purge victims' graves were exhumed by the Germans in 1943.
Adolf Hitler sited his easternmost headquarters FHQ Wehrwolf near the town and spent a number of weeks there in 1942 and early 1943.
[edit] Constructions
- TV Tower Vinnytsia
- Baptist Church -- Vinnytsia is home to what is reportedly one of the largest Evangelical Church Buildings in all of Europe.
- Afghan War Museum and Slavic War Memorial Park -- The Afghan War Museum is located in the red-brick bell tower. Exhibits include photos, letters and other artifacts representing Vinnytsia soldiers who fought in that war. The Memorial Park contains a large statue representing three different soldiers from WWII. An eternal flame burns in front of the statue.
[edit] Famous people from Vinnytsia
- Alexander Lerner - Soviet-Israeli cybernetic and dissident.
- Mykhailo Kotsybyns’ky - Ukrainian author of novels and short stories. His home is a museum.
- Nikolai Pirogov - famous Russian doctor who retired here. His home is a museum and his chapel tomb is open to visitors.
- Pavlo Khnykin - famous freestyle swimmer. He won two silver medals in the men's 4x100m freestyle and 4x100 m medley relays at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
[edit] Twin towns
Kielce, Poland.
Peterborough, England.
Birmingham, United States.
Iaşi, Romania.
Rybnitsa, Moldova.
Bursa, Turkey.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Ukrainian) Search engine Vinnytsia
- (Ukrainian) Vinnytsia Photos
- (English) Vinnytsia Tourism - English and Ukrainian
- (Ukrainian) Historical site of Vinnytsia
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