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Staryi Ostropil

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Staryi Ostropil
Старий Остропіль
Town
Church of the Transfiguration in Staryi Ostropil
Church of the Transfiguration in Staryi Ostropil
Staryi Ostropil is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Staryi Ostropil
Staryi Ostropil
Staryi Ostropil is located in Ukraine
Staryi Ostropil
Staryi Ostropil
Coordinates: 49°47′52″N 27°33′51″E / 49.79778°N 27.56417°E / 49.79778; 27.56417
CountryUkraine
OblastKhmelnytskyi Oblast
RaionKhmelnytskyi Raion
Area
 • Total4,485 km2 (1,732 sq mi)
Elevation
262 m (860 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,374
 • Density0.31/km2 (0.79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
31146
Dialling code+380 3854

Staryi Ostropil (Ukrainian: Старий Остропіль), also known as Ostropil (Ukrainian: Остропіль), is a selo on the Sluch River located in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast about 133 miles (222 km) WSW of Kyiv, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Staryi Ostropil rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Staryi Ostropil is located at latitude 49°48' N, longitude 27°34' E and is situated at an altitude of 742.5 feet (225 m). The town of Lyubar is 11.1 miles (18.5 km) from Staryi Ostropil.

Ostropil was an important Jewish center in the 17th century and was mentioned in many contemporary texts including the birthplace of the noted Rabbi, Kabbalist and martyr Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli. Its Jewish population was wiped out along with that of Starokostiantyniv by the Nazis in 1942 before being liberated by the Red Army in 1945. The 5200 murdered Jews have since been commemorated at the Holocaust Memorial Park in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Until 18 July 2020, Staryi Ostropil belonged to Starokostiantyniv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Starokostiantyniv Raion was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.[2][3]

There are two cemeteries, one across the street from the other. Both are in a dilapidated condition.[citation needed]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Староостропильская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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