Khmelnitsky (khmelnytsky) Ukraine city

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Khmelnitsky (khmelnytsky) Ukraine city overview

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city coat of arms

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city flag

Khmelnitsky, former (until 1954) Proskurov, is a city and administrative center of Khmelnitsky region (oblast), western Ukraine. Khmelnitsky city lies along the upper Yuzhny (Southern) Bug River. Khmelnitsky is a highway and railway junction. Khmelnitsky city of Ukraine has an airport.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city map location

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city main street

Khmelnitsky Ukraine city population - 398,000 (2007).
Khmelnitsky Ukraine city land area - 90 sq. km.
Khmelnitsky Ukraine city phone code - +380-382.
Khmelnitsky Ukraine city postal code - 29000.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city at night

Khmelnitsky (khmelnytsky) Ukraine city history

Khmelnitsky was first mentioned in chronicles of 1493, it was called Ploskirov then. In the second half of the 16th century a fortress was built there. Originally a Polish military post, Khmelnitsky was seized by Cossacks during the mid-17th century.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city at winter time

In the 1780s Proskirov was renamed Proskurov. In 1793 it passed to Russia by the Second Partition of Poland, and in 1795 city status was conferred on Khmelnitsky. The city was renamed Khmelnitsky in 1954 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Ukraine's uniting with Russia.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city view

Khmelnitsky (khmelnytsky) Ukraine city economy

The modern Khmelnitsky city is a big industrious center of Podoliya area. In 2004 there were 56 industrial works, which produced about 35 per cent of all the output in Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city scenery

Khmelnitsky city is a rail junction on the Odessa-Lvov and Chernovtsy-Korosten lines. The main industries of Khmelnitsky city are machine-building, instrument-making and machine-tool building, works producing presses, tractor blocks. Khmelnitsky city of Ukraine also has light-engineering, food-processing and consumer-goods industries.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city nice view

Khmelnitsky (khmelnytsky) Ukraine city main attractions

Khmelnitsky city is an important cultural center. Khmelnitsky educational and cultural facilities include a technological institute, theater and philharmonic hall.

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city church

Khmelnitsky (Khmelnytsky) Ukraine city townhall

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