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Castle Attractions In Rivne Oblast

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Rivne Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; population: 1,162,763 . Previously part of the Second Republic of Poland's Wojewódstwo Wołyńskie, the Rivne Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939 after the Soviet invasion and occupation of eastern Poland on 17 September 1939. Before 1992, under the policy of Russification, the region was officially known under its Russian name of Rovno Oblast. Afterwards, it was called by its Ukrainian name Rivnenshchyna - Ukrainian: Рівненщина. The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is located in the ...
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Castle Attractions In Rivne Oblast

  • 1. Dubno Castle Dubno
    Dubno is a city located on the Ikva River in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Dubno Raion , Dubno is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The city is located on intersection of two major European routes E40 and E84. Population: 38,039 In Soviet times it was home to the Cold War facility Dubno air base. The city is also famous for its fortress.
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  • 2. Ostroh Castle Ostroh
    Ostroh is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine, on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion . Administratively, Ostroh is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 15,674 The Ostroh Academy was established here in 1576, the first higher educational institution in modern Ukraine. Furthermore, in the 16th century, the first East Slavic books, notably the Ostrog Bible, were printed there.
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  • 3. Olesko Castle Olesko
    Olesko Castle is located within the borders of the present-day Busk Raion in Ukraine. The first historical records of the castle are in a document dated 1390, when Pope Boniface IX gave Olesko and Tustan to a Catholic bishop of Halych. It is located about seventy-five kilometers from Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine.
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  • 4. Zbarazh Castle Zbarazh
    Zbarazh Castle is a fortified defense stronghold in Zbarazh, built during the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It dominates the crests of the Zamkova Hills of Ternopil Oblast in Western Ukraine next to the city's central plaza that was not in so distant past surrounded by marshland. The castle existence has been credited to last members of the Polish Zbaraski family; Krzysztof and Jerzy Zbaraski. Evidence of the City of Zbarazh formation can be seen in the Ruthenia fortress dating back to 1211 that was positioned somewhat away from current castle. Today this is a village of Zbarazky District located in the immediate proximity of Zbarazh itself and called the Village of Stary Zbarazh. At that distant time the old castle and the province was ruled by Gediminids Landlords Zbarazky...
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  • 5. Kremenets Castle Kremenets
    Kremenets is a city of regional significance in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kremenets Raion , and lies 18 km north-east of the great Pochayiv Monastery. The city is situated in the historic region of Volhynia.
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  • 6. Pidhirtsi Castle Pidhirtsi
    Pidhirtsi Castle is a residential castle-fortress located in the village of Pidhirtsi in Lviv Oblast western Ukraine, located eighty kilometers east of Lviv. It was constructed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan between 1635–1640 by order of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Grand Crown Hetman Stanisław Koniecpolski, on the place of the older fortress. The castle was then part of the Kingdom of Poland and it is regarded as the most valuable of palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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