Shepetivka
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Shepetivka is a town
located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast
(province
) of Western Ukraine
. The city's population is 48,212 (according to 2001 Ukrainian census
). Shepetivka is a town of oblast subordinance, and the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district
).
Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting transit routes. It is located 100 km away from Khmelnytskyi
, the oblast's capital. There are 2 supermarkets in the town: "Vopak", "Nash Kraj".
A settlement called Shepetivka, belonging to the prince Ivan Zaslavsky, was first mentioned in a written document in 1594. In XVI century Shepetivka didn’t differ from other settlings of Polesie. The settlement had a community and a windmill. It was given Magdeburg Rights
at the end of XVI century. This contributed the settlement’s expansion and growing population. At the turn of XVI and XVII centuries the peasantry was intensively enslaved. Population of Shepetivka also suffered from frequent attacks of the Crimean Tatars
. Peasants and craftsmen responded to the feudal oppression with the revolt in 1591-1593
, led by Krzysztof Kosiński
, and the revolt in 1594-1596
, led by Severyn Nalyvaiko
. When during the Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland
in July of 1648 peasant-Cossack regiments of Maxym Kryvonis
had conquered Polonne
, the inhabitants of Shepetivka joined the troops.
At the end of XVII century Shepetivka became property of Lubomirski family, and in 1703, of the Sanguszko family. And at the end of XVIII century it became part of Iziaslav
county, Volhynian Governorate
. In 1866 Shepetivka became the capital of the county.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Khmelnytskyi Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Khmelnytskyi.The current estimated population is around 1,401,140 .-Geography:...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of Western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. The city's population is 48,212 (according to 2001 Ukrainian census
Ukrainian Census (2001)
The first Ukrainian Census was carried out by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989....
). Shepetivka is a town of oblast subordinance, and the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
).
Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting transit routes. It is located 100 km away from Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...
, the oblast's capital. There are 2 supermarkets in the town: "Vopak", "Nash Kraj".
A settlement called Shepetivka, belonging to the prince Ivan Zaslavsky, was first mentioned in a written document in 1594. In XVI century Shepetivka didn’t differ from other settlings of Polesie. The settlement had a community and a windmill. It was given Magdeburg Rights
Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg Rights or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted by a local ruler. Modelled and named after the laws of the German city of Magdeburg and developed during many centuries of the Holy Roman Empire, it was...
at the end of XVI century. This contributed the settlement’s expansion and growing population. At the turn of XVI and XVII centuries the peasantry was intensively enslaved. Population of Shepetivka also suffered from frequent attacks of the Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic ethnic group that originally resided in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language...
. Peasants and craftsmen responded to the feudal oppression with the revolt in 1591-1593
Kosinski Uprising
Kosiński Uprising is a name applied to two rebellions in Ukraine organised by Krzysztof Kosiński against the local Ruthenian nobility and magnates....
, led by Krzysztof Kosiński
Krzysztof Kosinski
Krzysztof Kosiński was a Polish noble from the Podlaskie region. He was a colonel of the Registered Cossacks and self-proclaimed Hetman of Ukraine. He led two consecutive rebellions against local Ruthenian nobility, known as the Kosiński Uprising....
, and the revolt in 1594-1596
Nalyvaiko Uprising
The Nalyvaiko Uprising was a failed Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Headed by Severyn Nalyvaiko, it lasted from 1594 to 1596...
, led by Severyn Nalyvaiko
Severyn Nalyvaiko
Severyn Nalyvaiko was a leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks who became a hero of Ukrainian folklore. He led the Nalyvaiko Uprising. The Decembrist poet Kondraty Ryleyev wrote a poem about him.-Biography:...
. When during the Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, was a Cossack rebellion in the Ukraine between the years 1648–1657 which turned into a Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland...
in July of 1648 peasant-Cossack regiments of Maxym Kryvonis
Maxym Kryvonis
Maksym Kryvonis was one of the Cossack leaders of Khmelnytsky Uprising. In the first stage of the uprising he was the leader of the most radical faction of the rebels who rejected all compromises with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and wanted to drive all Catholics and Jews out of...
had conquered Polonne
Polonne
Polonne is a city on the Khomora River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Polonskyi Raion , and is located at around .The current estimated population is around 23,211 ....
, the inhabitants of Shepetivka joined the troops.
At the end of XVII century Shepetivka became property of Lubomirski family, and in 1703, of the Sanguszko family. And at the end of XVIII century it became part of Iziaslav
Iziaslav
Iziaslav can refer to:* Iziaslav of Kiev * Iziaslav, Ukraine, city...
county, Volhynian Governorate
Volhynian Governorate
Volhynian Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit initially of the Russian Empire, created in 1792 after the Second Partition of Poland from the territory of the Kiev Voivodeship and Wołyń Voivodeship...
. In 1866 Shepetivka became the capital of the county.
- 1594 first written mention of Shepetivka
- 1795 becomes part of Iziaslav County, Volhynian Governorate
- 1873 railway station is built
- 1923 gets status of a town, becoming the capital of Shepetovka district
- 1930 becomes the capital of Shepetivka Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast
- 1937 Shepetivka Raion becomes part of Kamianets-Podilskyi (since 1954 KhmelnytskyiKhmelnytskyi OblastKhmelnytskyi Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Khmelnytskyi.The current estimated population is around 1,401,140 .-Geography:...
) Oblast
Famous residents
- Grand Rebbe Yaakov Shimshon of Shepetivka was a student of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz. Shepetivka is also the burial place of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz himself.
- Valentina MatviyenkoValentina MatviyenkoValentina Ivanovna Matviyenko , born 7 April 1949 in the Ukrainian SSR), is currently the highest-ranking female politician in Russia, the former governor of Saint Petersburg and the current Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation...
, governor of Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, was born in Shepetivka. - Ignacy Jan PaderewskiIgnacy Jan PaderewskiIgnacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...
, pianist, composer, and Polish prime minister, lived near Shepetivka as a child