Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
,
translit.: Khmel'nyts'kyi; ; ) is a city in
Ukraine in the region of
Podolia. It is located on the
Southern Buh River and about 340km from the Ukrainian
capital,
Kiev. The city was founded in
1493 as
Proskuriv (Russian:
Proskurov), but was later renamed to
Khmelnytskyi in
1954 on the three-hundredth anniversary of a treaty negotiated by
Bohdan Khmelnytsky. It is the center of the
Khmelnytskyi Oblast in Ukraine. The alternative
transliterations of the name include
Khmelnitskiy,
Khmelnitsky, and
Khmelnytskyy. As of
2005, the city's population is 254,000.
The town was notable for a series of
pogroms carried out in the region, the last of which claimed an estimated 1,500 lives on
February 15,
1919.
Khmelnytskyi should not be confused with
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, a city in Ukraine's
Kiev Oblast.
The
football team
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi is based in Khmelnytskyi.
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Ariel Durant, author
Image:Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, Podillya Hotel at summer day of 2005 08 20.jpg|Podillya Hotel - main hotel in KhmelnitskyImage:Khmelnitsky, Podilska St, near Trade Center, 2005 08 10.jpg|Podilska St, near Trade CenterImage:Khmelnitsky, Ukraine, Shevchenko Street at summer day of 2005 08 20 (2).jpg|Shevchenko Street - one of the main streets of the Khmelnitsky*
The Proskurov Massacre*
Bloody Bacchanalia: The Pogroms of Proskurov and Felshtin
