Shumsk (, , yi, שומסק, Shimsk) is a city in
Kremenets Raion
Kremenets Raion ( uk, Кременецький район) is a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukra ...
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Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
. It hosts the administration of
Shumsk urban hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Population is
Until 18 July 2020, Shumsk was the administrative center of
Shumsk Raion
Shumsk Raion ( uk, Шумський район) was a former raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center was Shumsk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Shumsk Raion was merged into Kremenets Raion.
Gallery
File:Church of the Immaculate Conception, Shumsk 2.jpg, Church of the Immaculate Conception in Shumsk
File:Shumsk pioner.jpg, Monument to Vasyl Shyshkovskyi, demolished in 2017
File:Вигляд Шумського.jpg, Skyline of Shumsk in 1938
People from Shumsk
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Konstantin Igelström (1799–1851), Russian noble and
Decembrist
The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...
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Jan Savitt
Jan Savitt (born Jacob Savetnick; September 4, 1907 – October 4, 1948), known as "The Stokowski of Swing", from having played violin in Leopold Stokowski's orchestra, was an American bandleader, musical arranger, and violinist.
Early life and ...
(1907–1948), American bandleader.
People associated with Shumsk
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Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł (1702–1762), Polish-Lithuanian noble, owner of Shumsk.
References
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Cities in Ternopil Oblast
Towns of district significance in Ukraine