| Slavuta Славута |
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| Slavuta, Khmelnitskyi Oblast | |||
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Slavuta
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| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | ||
| Raion | Slavutskyi Raion | ||
| First mention date | XVII | ||
| City rights | 1633 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Vasyl B. Sydor | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 35,442 | ||
| • Density | 1.772/km2 (4.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 30000 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 3842 | ||
| Website | http://www.slavuta-mvk.info/ | ||
Slavuta (Ukrainian: Славута, Russian: Славу́та, Polish: Sławuta, Yiddish: סלאוויטא Slavita) is a city of oblast subordinance in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. Serving as the administrative center of the Slavutskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital, Khmelnytskyi, at around . The city's population is 35,442 (Jan. 1, 2011).[1]
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Slavuta was founded as the family seat of the Sanguszko princes. Between 1922 and 1939 it was on the Soviet border with Poland.
In 1791 the Szapira family set up a Hebrew printing press in Slavuta, which published an influential edition of the Talmud. Moshe Feldenkrais was born in Slavuta on May 6, 1904.[2]
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