Zhytomyr

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Zhytomyr (Ukrainian: Житомирcode: uk is deprecated ) is a city in Ukraine, the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast. Nearly 271 000 people live here (as of July 2009^[update]).

Zhytomyr is a big transportation center. The city lies on a historic way that connects the city of Kyiv with the west through Brest. Today it connects Warsaw with Kyiv, Minsk with Izmail, and several major cities of Ukraine. Zhytomyr was also the location of Ozerne, an important Cold War strategic plane base that was situated 11 km (6.8 mi) southeast of the city.

Zhytomyr is divided into two districts. It is located on the Teteriv River.

As a legend says, Zhytomyr was founded about 884 by Zhytomyr, prince of a Slavic tribe of Drevlians. This date, 884, is cut in the large stone of the ice age times, that stands on the hill where it was founded.

Zhytomyr Media

Kyivska (Kyiv) street looking West toward St. Michael's Cathedral. Photo early 1900s.
Philharmonia theater and old water tower
Sobornyi Maidan - main square of Zhytomyr
School in Zhytomyr after a Russian airstrike on 4 March 2022
Zhytomyr Jewish Institute building
Teteriv river
Zhytomyr central department store
Pushkinska street, Zhytomyr
Chudnivskiy bridge in Zhytomyr
The Zhytomyr Airport reduced to rubble after being struck by 2 Iskander missiles launched from Belarus.