Iziaslav
Ізяслав
Clockwise from top: Central square; Sanguszko Palace; Horyn River in winter and Bernardine Monastery; and Church of St. Joseph and Lazarists monastery
Coat of arms of Iziaslav
Coat of arms
Iziaslav is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Iziaslav
Iziaslav
Location of Iziaslav within Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Ukraine
Iziaslav is located in Ukraine
Iziaslav
Iziaslav
Iziaslav (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°07′00″N 26°48′00″E / 50.11667°N 26.80000°E / 50.11667; 26.80000
Country Ukraine
OblastKhmelnytskyi Oblast
RaionShepetivka Raion
HromadaIziaslav urban hromada
First mention date1390
City rights1583
Government
 • MayorValentyna Korniichuk[1]
Area
 • Total23.91 km2 (9.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total15,996
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
DemonymZaslavian
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
30300
Area code+3803852
Websitehttp://izyaslav.miskrada.org.ua/

Iziaslav (also Izyaslav) (Ukrainian: Ізя́слав Izjáslav, pronounced [iˈzʲɑslɐu̯] ⓘ) or Zaslav (Ukrainian: Заслав, IPA: [ˈzɑslɐu̯]; Polish: Zasław, IPA: [ˈzaswaf]) is one of the oldest cities in Volhynia. Situated on the Horyn river (Ukrainian: Горинь Horýnʹ) in western Ukraine, the city dates back to the 11th century.[2] Iziaslav belongs to Shepetivka Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It hosts the administration of Iziaslav settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] Population: 15,296 (2022 estimate).[4]

History

Izyaslav was first mentioned in 1390. It was a private town in Poland, owned by the Zasławski and Sanguszko families. It was part of the Polish Volhynian Voivodeship. In 1583 it was granted Magdeburg city rights.

After the Partitions of Poland Izyaslav was part of the Russian Empire – Volhynian Governorate.

At the beginning of World War II, the town had a Jewish population representing 28% of the inhabitants.[5] As soon as the Germans occupied the town, Jews were kept imprisoned in a ghetto and were later murdered in mass executions perpetrated by Einsatzgruppen.[6]

Until 18 July 2020, Iziaslav was the administrative center of Iziaslav Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Iziaslav Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.[7][8]

Historical demographics of Iziaslav

Monuments

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Біографія | Ізяславська громада, Хмельницька область, Шепетівський район".
  2. ^ Михайло Нікітенко. Знайдено давньоруський город на Волині // "Золоті ворота" № 3, 1994, с. 6-14; Його ж: До питання про літописний Ізяславль: нові археологічні дані. // Велика Волинь: минуле й сучасне. Хмельницький — Ізяслав — Шепетівка, 1994. с. 237—239 (in Ukrainian).
  3. ^ "Изяславская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Izyaslav Kehilalinks Home Page".
  6. ^ "Yahad – in Unum".
  7. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  8. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.

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