Zhovkva
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| Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Lviv Oblast Zhovkivskyi Raion |
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| Founded | 1597 | ||
| City rights | 1603 | ||
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| Area - City |
7.64 km² |
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| Population - City () - Density |
13,316 1,742/km² |
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| Postal Code | 80300—80304 | ||
| Dialing Code | +380 3252 | ||
| Sister cities | Kraśnik, Poland | ||
Zhovkva (Ukrainian: Жовква; Polish: Żółkiew; German: Zolkiew Yiddish: Zholkva is a city in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhovkivskyi Raion (district). The current estimated population is 13,500.
[edit] History
The site of Zhovkva has been inhabited since the 14th century. In 1594 the Polish nobleman Stanisław Żółkiewski fortified the settlement and constructed a castle. In only a few years the town grew greatly in size, becoming a 17th century residence for King John III Sobieski of Poland.
While part of the Soviet Union, Zhovkva in 1951 was renamed Nesterov after the World War I aviator Pyotr Nesterov who became the first to perform a suicide plane crash in the history of aviation near Zhovkva. The name Zhovkva was restored in 1992.
 View of Zhovkva. |
 A street of Zhovkva. |
[edit] People
- Salcia Landmann, a studier of Yiddish (eastern Ashkenazic) culture
- Jakub Ludwik Sobieski, Jakub Sobieski
- Pyotr Nesterov
- Włodzimierz Puchalski
- Żółkiewski
- Andreas Schlüter
- Włodzimierz Stożek
- Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi
- Nachman Krochmal, Jewish philosopher
- Jacob ben Wolf Kranz, maggid
[edit] External links
- castles.com.ua - Zhovkva
- ua.vlasenko.net - Pictures of Zhovkva
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Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |  |
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Raions: Brodivskyi | Buskyi | Drohobytskyi | Horodotskyi | Kamianka-Buzkyi | Mostyskyi | Mykolaivskyi | Peremyshlianskyi | Pustomytivskyi | Radekhivskyi | Sambirskyi | Skolivskyi | Sokalskyi | Starosambirskyi | Stryiskyi | Turkivskyi | Yavorivskyi | Zhovkivskyi | Zhydachivskyi | Zolochivskyi |
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Cities: Belz | Bibrka | Boryslav | Brody | Busk | Chervonohrad | Dobromyl | Drohobych | Dubliany | Hlyniany | Horodok | Kamianka-Buzka | Khodoriv | Khyriv | Komarno | Lviv | Morshyn | Mostyska | Mykolaiv | Novoiavorivske | Novyi Kalyniv | Novyi Rozdil | Peremyshliany | Pustomyty | Radekhiv | Rava-Ruska | Rudky | Sambir | Skole | Sokal | Sosnivka | Staryi Sambir | Stebnyk | Stryi | Sudova Vyshnia | Truskavets | Turka | Uhniv | Velyki Mosty | Vynnyky | Yavoriv | Zhovkva | Zhydachiv | Zolochiv |
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