Vinnitsa Ukraine city

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Vinnitsa Ukraine city overview

Vinnitsa city coat of arms

Vinnitsa Ukraine city coat of arms picture

Vinnitsa city flag

Vinnitsa city map location

Vinnitsa Ukraine city map location picture

Vinnitsa is a city and administrative center of Vinnitsa oblast of west-central Ukraine. Vinnitsa city lies along the Yuzhny (Southern) Bug River.

Vinnitsa Ukraine city population - 363,000 (2006).
Vinnitsa Ukraine city land area - 61 sq. km.
Vinnitsa Ukraine city phone code - +380-432.
Vinnitsa Ukraine city postal code - 21000.

Vinnitsa city streets

Vinnitsa Ukraine city history

Vinnitsa was founded in 1363 as a fortress by Prince Algirdas of Lithuania. Vinnitsa settlement was often sacked by the Tatars and passed later to Poland and finally, in 1793, to Russia. Town status was conferred in 1795, although the settlement's growth accelerated only after the building of Kiev-Odessa railway in 1870.

Vinnitsa city view

Vinnitsa Ukraine city economy

Modern Vinnitsa city, as the center of a major agricultural region, produces fertilizers and has food-processing industries in addition to electronics, agricultural equipment, light engineering, clothing and footwear industries.