Khmelnitsky Ukraine city

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• overview
• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Khmelnitsky Ukraine city overview

Khmelnitsky city coat of arms

Khmelnitsky city flag

Khmelnitsky city map location

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

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 city sceneries

Khmelnitsky Ukraine city history

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

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 city central part views

Khmelnitsky city street near movie theater

Khmelnitsky Ukraine city economy

Modern Khmelnitsky city is a large industrial center of Podoliya area. In 2004 there were 56 industrial works, which produced about 35 per cent of all the output of Khmelnitsky oblast.

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

Khmelnitsky city officers house

Khmelnitsky city architecture

Khmelnitsky city hall

Khmelnitsky 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 city arts museum

Khmelnitsky city Bohdan Khmelnitsky monument

Khmelnitsky city cathedral

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