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Shepetivka (, ; ) is a
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located on the Huska River in
Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...
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) in western
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. Shepetivka is the Capital (political), administrative center of Shepetivka Raion (Raion, district). It hosts the administration of Shepetivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting transit routes. It is located 100 km away from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, the oblast's capital. The city is located near historic city of Iziaslav, Ukraine, Iziaslav, the center of Ruthenian Zasławski princely estate.


History

A settlement called Shepetovka, belonging to the prince Ivan Zasławski, Zaslavsky, was first mentioned in a written document in 1594. In the 16th century Shepetivka didn't differ from other settlements of Volhynia. The settlement had a community and a windmill. It was given Magdeburg Rights at the end of the 16th century. This contributed the settlement's expansion and growing population. At the turn of the 16th and 17th 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 Kosiński Uprising, revolt in 1591-1593, led by Krzysztof Kosiński, and the Nalyvaiko Uprising, revolt in 1594-1596, led by Severyn Nalyvaiko. When during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, Ukrainian war of liberation from Poland in July 1648, peasant-Cossack regiments of Maxym Kryvonis had conquered Polonne, the inhabitants of Shepetivka joined the troops. At the end of the 17th century, Shepetivka became property of Lubomirski family, and in 1703, of the Sanguszko family. And at the end of the 18th century, it became part of Iziaslav county, Volhynian Governorate. In 1866, Shepetivka became the capital of the county. The first written mention of Shepetivka was in 1594. In 1795, it became part of Iziaslav County, Volhynian Governorate. The first railway station was built in 1873. In 1923, it got the status of a town, becoming the capital of Shepetovka district. In 1932 it became the capital of Shepetivka Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast. In 1937 Shepetivka Raion became part of Kamianets-Podilskyi (since 1954 Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Khmelnytskyi) Oblast. In 1991, Ukraine became an independent state, and Shepetovka became part of the state (and the town name took on the Ukrainian variant of "Shepetivka"). Shepetovka was a town with extensive settlement by Jews, similar to the surrounding region. There were 20,000 Jews counted in a census in the late 1670s, and 52,000 in the 1760s. Several important rabbis were active in the region in the 1700s, including Rabbi Pinchas Shapira, who is buried in Shepetovka. Significant emigration from Shepetovka occurred between 1880 and 1925. During World War II, the Jewish population of Shepetovka was decimated. Hundreds of people were executed over the summer of 1941, and thousands more in the summer of 1942. Some Jews were evacuated to Uzbekistan and survived the war. Until 18 July 2020, Shepetivka was incorporated as a city of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion 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 Shepetivka was merged into Shepetivka Raion.


Geography


Climate


Local media

There are several media types represented in Shepetivka: * newspapers ** ''Shepetivskyi Visnyk'' is a city district publication (founders - Shepetivka city and district councils, RSA, the editorial staff of the newspaper); circulation is up to 7800 copies per week; comes out twice a week ** ''Den za dnem'' is a regional information-analytical weekly; weekly circulation — 7600 copies * TV ** TV and Radio Company LLC ''Like TV'' (former ''Chance'') * radio ** editorial office of the city district radio broadcasting


Notable people

* Oleksii Mes, Ukrainian Air Force pilot, who died while intercepting Russian cruise missiles, was born in Shepetivka * Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the Federation Council (Russia), Chairwoman of the Federation Council (Russia), Federation Council of Russia, former governor of Saint Petersburg, was born in Shepetivka * Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist, composer, and Polish prime minister, lived near Shepetivka as a child * Nikolai Ostrovsky, Soviet writer, the author ''How the Steel Was Tempered'', lived here during his childhood and adolescent years * Pinchas Shapiro of Koretz, Rabbis Pinchas of Korets lived about 30 miles from Shepetivka, but died and is buried in Shepetivka. * Rabbi Simcha Sheps, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas grew up in Shepetivka (according to the Torah Vodaas Haggadah) * Serhiy Klimovych, Hero of Soviet Union, was born and died in Shepetivka * Valentin Kotyk, the youngest-ever Hero of Soviet Union. * Aizik Vaiman, notable orientalist.Історія та культура євреїв Шепетівщини
shepetivka.com.ua


Gallery

File:Фасад --.JPG, Church of Nativity File:Шепетівський краєзнавчий музей 2010.jpg, Museum File:P1590166 Банк.jpg, Palace of Justice File:P1590144 Синагога.jpg, Great Synagogue File:Залізничний вокзал в Шепетівці P1590225.jpg, Railway Station File:Вулиця Карла Маркса в Шепетівці.jpg, Heroiv Nebesnoi Sotni Street File:Будівля Церкви московського православ'я.JPG, Saint Michael's Church File:Будинок міськой адміністрації.jpg, City Hall File:Вхід у музей М. О. Островського.jpg, Museum of Propaganda


References


External links


The murder of the Jews of Shepetivka
during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
Shepetivsky Visnyk websiteDenʹ za dnem official websiteLike TV website
{{Authority control Shepetivka, Cities in Khmelnytskyi Oblast Zaslavsky Uyezd Historic Jewish communities in Ukraine Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places established in 1594 Holocaust locations in Ukraine