Vinnytsia

, , translit. Vinnitsa; also referred to as Vinnytsya) is a city located on the banks of the Southern Buh River river, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Vinnytsia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Vinnytsky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and rests in the historic region of Podillia.

The current estimated population is 332,400 (as of 2004).

Since the end of World War II, it Vinnytsia hac been the home for a major Air force base, including an airfield, a hospital, arsenals, and other military installations. The Ukrainian Air Force Command has been based in Vinnytsia since 1992.

A cathedral in Vinnytsia (1758).

Geography

Vinnytsia is located about 260 km from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev (Kyiv), 429 km from the port city - Odessa (Odesa), and 369 km from Lviv.

Climate

A long lasting warm summer with a sufficient quantity of moisture and a comparatively short winter is characteristic of Vinnytsia. The average temperature in January is -5.8 °C and 18.3 °C in July. The average annually percipitation is 638 mm.

Throughout the year, 6-9 days per year include snowstorms, 37-60 days of the year include mists during the cold period, and 3-5 days per of the year include thunder storms with hail.

Mansion-museum of Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov.

History

Vinnytsia was an important trade and political center of note since as early as the 16th century. More specifically, the city played a significant role during Cossack wars as well as during World War II. Great Purge victims' graves were exhumed by the Germans in 1943.

Constructions

*TV Tower Vinnytsia
*Baptist Church -- Reportedly one of the largest Evangelical Church Buildings in all of Europe.

Famous people from Vinnytsia

* Alexander Lerner Soviet-Israeli cybernetic and dissident.

External links

* Ukrtelecom Webcam
* Vinnytsia Photos