Starokostiantyniv ( uk, Старокостянтинів; pl, Starokonstantynów, or ''Konstantynów''; yi, אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין ''Alt Konstantin'') is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in Khmelnytskyi Raion,

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(

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

) of western

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. It hosts the administration of

Starokostiantyniv urban hromada Starokostiantyniv ( uk, Старокостянтинів; pl, Starokonstantynów, or ''Konstantynów''; yi, אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין ''Alt Konstantin'') is a city in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population:

History

Starokostiantyniv was founded in the 16th century when

Konstanty Ostrogski Konstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski (c. 1460 – 10 August 1530; lt, Konstantinas Ostrogiškis; uk, Костянтин Іванович Острозький, translit=Kostiantyn Ivanovych Ostrozkyi; be, Канстантын Іванавіч Ас� ...

built a fortress at the village of Kolishchentsi. The surviving

Starokostiantyniv Castle The Starokostiantynivmean ''Old Constantine'' Castle is a Volhynian castle built at the confluence of the Sluch and Ikopot' rivers by Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski in the 1560s. The castle of Starokostiantyniv withstood many attacks by the ...

was constructed by his son between 1561 and 1571. The village grew into a town which became known as "Old Constantine's Town" (''Kostiantyniv Staryi'') to prevent confusion with "New Constantine's Town" in the vicinity. It became a

private town A private town is a town owned by a private person or a family. History of Private Towns in Poland In the history of Poland, private towns (''miasta prywatne'') were towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights, princes, etc. ...

of Poland, owned by the

Ostrogski family The House of Ostrogski ( pl, Ostrogscy, lt, Ostrogiškiai, ua, Острозькі - ''Ostroz'ki'') was one of the more prominent families in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The f ...

. It was part of Polish Volhynian Voivodeship. 1648 saw the

Battle of Starokostiantyniv The Battle of Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: ''Битва під Старокостянтиновим,'' Polish: ''Bitwa pod Starokonstantynowem;'' 26–28 July 1648) was fought between the Zaporozhian Host against the Polish–Lithuanian Common ...

. In 1939, 6,743 Jews were living in the city, accounting for 31 percent of the total population. The Jewish community was murdered in mass executions perpetrated from August 1941 until November 1942. Until 18 July 2020, Starokostiantyniv was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of

Starokostiantyniv Raion Starokostiantyniv Raion ( uk, Старокостянтинівський район, ) was one of the 20 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Starok ...

though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three, the city of Starokostiantyniv was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.

Notable residents

Abraham Goldfaden Abraham Goldfaden (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם גאָלדפֿאַדען; born Avrum Goldnfoden; 24 July 1840 – 9 January 1908), also known as Avram Goldfaden, was a Russian-born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in the languages Yid ...

, poet and playwright, considered father of the modern Jewish theatre * Ben-Zion (1897–1987), painter; born in Starokostyantyniv. *

Jakub Weinles Jakub Weinles (1870, Starokostiantyniv – 1938, Warsaw) was a Polish painter of Jewish ancestry, creating art around Jewish culture, and an active participant of the Jewish Society of the Nurture of Fine Arts (Yiddish: ''Jidiszer Gezelszaft cu Fa ...

, Polish painter * Anatoliy Bondarchuk, hammer thrower who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics *

Blank family The Blank family in the Russian Empire was the family of the maternal grandfather of Vladimir Lenin. Some researchers suggest that Lenin's maternal grandfather was a Jewish convert to Christianity (Alexander Blank). Whether or not Lenin, whose ma ...

Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...

's ancestors *

Chana Orloff Chana Orloff ( he, חנה אורלוף; 12 July 1888 – 16 December 1968) was Ukrainian-born Israeli Art deco and figurative art sculptor. Biography Chana Orloff was born in Starokonstantinov Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She immigrated to ...

(12 July 1888 – 16 December 1968), was an art deco and figurative art sculptor

Gallery

File:Старокостянтинів. Івана хрестителя.jpg, Capuchin Monastery File:Староконстянтинів.jpg, Church of Holy Trinity File:Basil Constantine Ostrozky Monument and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Starokostiantyniv.JPG, Basil Constantine Ostrozky Monument and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Starokostiantyniv File:Officers Club Starokonstantinov.JPG, Military officers' club File:Костел Матері Божої Громничої та домініканський монастир Старокостянтинів.jpg, Tower of the former Dominican Monastery in Starokostiantyniv

References

External links

Weather in Starokostiantyniv.

The murder of the Jews of Starokostiantyniv
during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, at

Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

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