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| Хмельницький - Khmelnytskyi Polish: Chmielnicki, Russian: Хмельницкий (Chmelnizkij) Until 1954: Проскурів (Proskuriw), Russian Проскуров (Proskurow); Polish Płoskirów | ||
| Oblast | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | |
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| Residents | 274.176 (2020) | |
| height | 295 m | |
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Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian Хмельницький, English spelling Khmelnytskyi) is the capital of Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
background
Khmelnyzkyj was renamed in 1954 in honor of Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj - a general in the fight against the Turks.
getting there
By plane
- Khmelnytskyi Rushytschna Airport - Hardly any scheduled flights
- Kiev airports are approx. 270 km away.
By train
- Numerous express trains stop in Khmelnitsky; there are direct connections or coaches with Kiev and Lviv (several times a day) and most major Ukrainian cities. Night trains from Budapest, Belgrade, Warsaw and Prague also stop in Khmelnytskyi.
By bus
In the street
- Trunk road M-12 / European road E 50: Stryj - Ternopil - Khmelnytskyi - Vinnytsia - Uman - Kropyvnytskyi (formerly Kirowohrad) - Znamyanka
- Highway N-03: Chernivtsi - Chotyn - Kamianets-Podilskyi - Khmelnytskyi - Starokostjantyniv - Zhytomyr
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Wul. Proskuriwska. The pedestrian zone in the old town, with numerous well-preserved and renovated buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Former Oleksiïvske high school. Today the city administration building.
- House of O. Brusilow. Today the festival and ceremonial hall (including weddings).
- Church of the Nativity of Mary. Oldest brick church in the city.
- Mary Protection Cathedral
- Church of St. George
- Andrij Pervozvannyj Church, in the Dubowo district.
- Shevchenko Park
- World war memorial "Witschnyj Wohon". (Eternal fire).
- Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, in front of the main train station. Monument to the namesake of the city.
activities
shop
- Large market "Rechovy Rynok", on the arterial road to Ternopil (Lvivske Schose).
- Fruit and vegetable market, downtown.
- "ZUM" department store, on the corner of Proskuriwska and Swobodny.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- Hotel Podillja
- Hotel Janisol
- Hotel Shovtevy
health
Practical advice
trips
Triangulation point of the Struwe arch in Felschtyn
- Kamianets-Podilskyi. Famous fortress about 100 km south.
- Some measuring points of the Struwebogen - a land surveying system from the late 19th century - are in the vicinity of Khmelnyzkyj (Unesco World Heritage)
- Hwardyjske village
