Bila Tserkva Ukraine city

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Bila Tserkva Ukraine city overview

Bila Tserkva city coat of arms

Bila Tserkva city flag

Bila Tserkva city map location

Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian spelling) or Belaya Tserkov (Russian spelling) is a city situated in Kiev oblast (region) of Ukraine about 80 km from Kiev city.

Bila Tserkva Ukraine city population - 215,000 (2006).
Bila Tserkva Ukraine city land area - 34 sq. km.
Bila Tserkva Ukraine city phone code - +380-4463.
Bila Tserkva Ukraine city postal codes - 09100-09127.

Bila Tserkva city streets views

Bila Tserkva Ukraine city history

Bila Tserkva was founded in 1032 by Yaroslav the Wise. The town was named Yuriev. Bila Tserkva city present name translation is "White Church" and may refer to the (no longer extant) white-painted cathedral of medieval Yuriev.

Since 1363 Bila Tserkva belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and since 1569 to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Bila Tserkva was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1620 by Sigismund III Vasa. A peace treaty between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ukrainian Cossack rebels under Bohdan Khmelnytsky was signed in Bila Tserkva town in 1651.

Bila Tserkva city technical secondary school

After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 Bila Tserkva came into Russian Empire. Bila Tserkva city was a significant market place in the 19th century. During the Soviet times Bila Tserkva became large industrial center with machine building and construction industries.

Preceding the Russian Revolution and until the 1930s, there was a significant Jewish community in Bila Tserkva. Some of them were driven out by Cossacks and Tzarist policies. Many were driven out in the Stalinist purges. Most remnants were destroyed during the Holocaust and other losses during the World War II.

Bila Tserkva city tank T-34 monument

Bila Tserkva city jet fighter monument

Bila Tserkva Ukraine city main attractions

Bila Tserkva city water tower

Bila Tserkva city church

Bila Tserkva city Maria Magdalina church

Bila Tserkva city Preobrazhensky cathedral

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