Starokostiantyniv

Starokostiantyniv Старокостянтинів
City
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Starokostiantyniv
Coordinates: 49°45′14″N 27°13′13″E / 49.75389°N 27.22028°E / 49.75389; 27.22028
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Khmelnytsky Oblast
Founded	1561
Area
• Total	40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation	265 m (869 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	35,104
Website	http://starkon.km.ua/

Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Старокостянтинів; Polish: Starokonstantynów, or Konstantynów; Yiddish: אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין‎ Alt Konstantin) is a city in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Starokostiantyniv Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. The city has a population of 34,700 (2007).

History

Starokostyantyniv was founded in the 16th century when Konstanty Ostrogski built a fortress at the village of Kolishchentsi. The surviving Starokostiantyniv Castle was constructed by his son between 1561 and 1571. The village grew into a town which became known as "Old Constantine's Town" (Kostiantyniv Staryi) to prevent confusion with "New Constantine's Town" in the vicinity. 1648 saw the Battle of Starokostiantyniv. In 1939, 6,743 Jews were living in the city, accounting for 31 percent of the total population. The Jewish community was murdered in mass executions perpetrated from August 1941 until November 1942.

Notable residents

• Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright, considered father of the modern Jewish theatre
• Ben-Zion, painter
• Anatoliy Bondarchuk, hammer thrower who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Blank family - Lenin's ancestors
• Andrey Tantsuyev, The Ukrainian Bear, world-record holding power lifter, founder of the Eastern Bloc mentality of bench pressing, motivational speaker.

Gallery

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  Capuchin Monastery
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  Church of Holy Trinity
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  Basil Constantine Ostrozky Monument and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Starokostiantyniv
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  Military officers' club
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  Tower of the former Dominican Monastery in Starokostiantyniv

External links

• Weather in Starokostiantyniv.
• The murder of the Jews of Starokostiantyniv during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

Coordinates: 49°45′20″N 27°13′15″E / 49.75556°N 27.22083°E / 49.75556; 27.22083