| Zhytomyr or Zhitomir is a historic city
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| | passed into the hands of the Lithuanians
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| in western Ukraine. It is the
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| | (1320), then the Poles (1569), before
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| administrative center of the Zhytomyr
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| | being assimilated into the Russian Empire
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| Oblast (province), as well as the
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| | in 1793.
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| administrative center of the surrounding
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| | Zhitomir truly is a unique travel
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| Zhytomyrsky Raion (district). The city
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| | destination. Located in a picturesque
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| itself is also designated as its own
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| | natural setting, it offers a little bit
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| separate raion within the oblast,
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| | of everything. Whether you venture into
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| occupying an area of 65 km². The current
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| | the surrounding hills and forest or try
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| estimated population is 291,000 (as of
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| | to lose yourself in the city's beautiful
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| 2005). The city is around 125 km west of
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| | parks and public squares, you will find a
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| the capital in Ukraine, Kiev.
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| | sense of tranquility not found in
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| Zhytomyr is a major transportation hub.
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| | Ukraine's larger cities.
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| The city lies on a historic route linking
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| | Zhitomir has agricultural and
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| the city of Kiev with the west through
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| | teacher-training institutes. A lot of
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| Brest. Today it links Warsaw with Kiev,
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| | outstanding personalities were born in
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| Minsk with Izmail, and several major
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| | Zhitomir: writer V.G.Korolenko, pianist
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| cities of Ukraine. Zhytomyr was also the
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| | S.T.Rihter, space researcher and engineer
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| location of Ozernoye, a key Cold War
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| | S.P.Korolyov. A famous Russian writer
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| strategic aircraft base located 11 km
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| | A.I.Kuprin lived in Zhitomir.
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| southeast of the city.
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| | V.V.Mayakovsky visited Zhitomir in 1928.
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| Zhytomyr was allegedly established in the
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| | The easiest way to get to the city is to
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| 8th century by Zhytomyr, prince of a
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| | first fly to Borispol in Kiev and take
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| Slavic tribe of Drevlians.
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| | either a taxi (around 150 USD) or the
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| Zhytomyr apparently had few Jews at the
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| | train from Kiev (around 20 USD). You can
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| time of the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648),
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| | also enter Ukraine at other airports, and
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| but by the time it became part of Russia
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| | you will very easy find train connections
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| in 1778, it had a large Jewish community,
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| | to the city, as it is a hub for trains in
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| and was a center of the Hasidic movement.
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| | the country.
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| Jews formed nearly a third of the 1861
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| | The city has several hotels, although the
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| population (13,299 of 40,564); thirty
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| | standard is not high, but nice rooms are
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| years later they had somewhat outpaced
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| | available for a cheap price (around 50
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| the general growth of the city, with
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| | USD pr night).
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| 24,062 Jews in a total population of
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| | Several sights are available to the
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| 69,785. By 1891 there were three large
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| | visitor of Zhitomir such as; the Zhitomir
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| synagogues and 46 smaller batte
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| | Regional Library, Museum of local lore
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| ha-midrashot. The proportion of Jews was
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| | (Ethnographic museum), Palace of Justice
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| much lower in the surrounding district of
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| | (Former communist party comitee
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| Zhytomyr outside the city; at the turn of
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| | headquarters), Preobrazheshskiy
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| the century (ca. 1900) there were 22,636
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| | Cathedral, Zhitomir Municipal building,
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| Jews in a total population of 281,378.
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| | city philharmonic in the old theatre,
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| The city is located on the shore of the
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| | water tower, Franko University, Museum of
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| Teteriv River. It is an industrial,
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| | Cosmonautics, Gagarin Park, and the
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| cultural and educational center.
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| | Korolyov Space museum are some of the
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| Surrounded on all sides by an ancient
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| | things you can see here.
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| forest, the city boasts a diversified
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| | Main sights in Zhitomirskya oblast are:
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| economy ranging from lumber milling and
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| | monastery of barefooted Carmelites dated
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| agriculture to food processing and metal
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| | by XVIII century in . Berdichev city,
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| working. One of the more unique
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| | Preobrazhensky cathedral, Roman-Catholic
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| industries in Zhitomir is the manufacture
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| | church of Saint Sophia, Mikhalovskaya
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| of musical instruments.
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| | church in Zhitomir, memorial museum of
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| An ancient Slavic town, the first record
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| | Lesya Ukrainka in Novograd-Volynskiy
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| of Zhytomyr was chronicled when the city
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| | The city has several good restaurants
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| was sacked in 1240 by the Mongol hordes
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| | offering local cousine as well as western
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| of Batu Khan. The city subsequently
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| | European cousine.
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