Starokostiantyniv

Starokostiantyniv Старокостянтинів
City
Skyline of Starokostiantyniv
Flag Official seal of Starokostiantyniv Seal
Starokostiantyniv
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Khmelnytsky Oblast
Founded	1561
Area
• Total	40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation	265 m (869 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	35,104
Website	http://starkon.km.ua/

Starokostiantyniv (Ukrainian: Старокостянтинів; Yiddish: אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין‎ Alt Konstantin) is a city in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Starokostiantyniv Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. The city has a population of 34,700 (2007).

History

Starokostyantyniv was founded in the 16th century when Kostiantyn Ostroz'skyi (1460–1530), built a fortress at the village of Kolishchentsi. The surviving Starokostiantyniv Castle 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.

1648 saw the Battle of Starokostiantyniv.

Notable residents

• Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright, considered father of the modern Jewish theatre
• Anatoliy Bondarchuk, hammer thrower who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Blank family - Lenin's ancestors
• Andrey Tantsuyev, The Ukrainian Bear, world-record holding power lifter, founder of the Eastern Bloc mentality of bench pressing, motivational speaker.

Gallery

• Старокостянтинів. Івана хрестителя.jpg

  Capuchin Monastery

• Starokost`antyniv.Cerkva Sv.Trijci.jpg

  Church of Holy Trinity

• 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

• Officers Club Starokonstantinov.JPG

  Military officers' club

• Старокостянтинів. Донжон.JPG

  Tower of the former Dominican Monastery in Starokostiantyniv

External links

• Weather in Starokostiantyniv.
• The murder of the Jews of Starokostiantyniv during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.