Zhovkva
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| Zhovkva Жовква |
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| Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Lviv Oblast Zhovkivskyi Raion |
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| Founded | 1597 | ||
| City rights | 1603 | ||
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| - Total | 7.64 km² (2.9 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | 13,316 | ||
| - Density | 1,742/km² (4,511.8/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 80300—80304 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 3252 | ||
Zhovkva (Ukrainian: Жовква; Polish: Żółkiew; Yiddish: Zholkva) is a city in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhovkivskyi Raion (district). The current estimated population is 13,500.
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[edit] History
The site of Zhovkva has been inhabited since the 14th century. In 1594 the Polish nobleman Stanisław Żółkiewski fortified the settlement and constructed a castle. In only a few years the town grew greatly in size, becoming a 17th century residence for King John III Sobieski of Poland.
While part of the Soviet Union, Zhovkva in 1951 was renamed Nesterov after the World War I aviator Pyotr Nesterov who became the first to perform a suicide plane crash in the history of aviation near Zhovkva. The name Zhovkva was restored in 1992.
[edit] Image gallery
 View of Zhovkva. |
 A street of Zhovkva. |
 Old market place in Zhovkva. |
[edit] People
- Zbigniew Burzynski
- Salcia Landmann, a studier of Yiddish (eastern Ashkenazic) culture
- Jakub Ludwik Sobieski, Jakub Sobieski
- Pyotr Nesterov
- Włodzimierz Puchalski
- Żółkiewski
- Andreas Schlüter
- Włodzimierz Stożek
- Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi
- Nachman Krochmal, Jewish philosopher
- Jacob ben Wolf Kranz, maggid
[edit] External links
- castles.com.ua - Zhovkva
- ua.vlasenko.net - Pictures of Zhovkva
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