Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian: Біла Церква; Russian: Белая Церковь) is a city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. In 2024, 205,000 people lived there.
Bila Tserkva Media
Battle of Biała Cerkiew, 1651
Старая открытка Белой церкви с Хоральной синагогой.
Biała Cerkiew. Pożar miasta. Widoczna ludność cywilna ratująca swój dobytek.
Large choral synagogue in Bila Tserkva.
National Agrarian University, founded in 1920
St. George the Victorious was recently rebuilt from ruins in the manner of an ancient 11–12th c. Ruthenian temple, on the foundation of the church destroyed by the Tatar-Mongols. It is said to be the white church that gave the city its name in a 14th c. homage to Yaroslav the Wise.
1706–1852 | St. Nicholas was started in 1706 by Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa, but not completed until 1852.
1812 | St. John the Baptist ("the Organ and Chamber Music Hall") was built in 1812.
1833–1839 | Orthodox Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral