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| Rivne Рівне |
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Rivne theatre
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 Rivne
Rivne
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| Coordinates: 50°37′N 26°15′E / 50.617°N 26.250°ECoordinates: 50°37′N 26°15′E / 50.617°N 26.250°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Rivne Oblast | ||
| Raion | Rivne Raion | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Volodymyr Khomko | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 63.00 km2 (24.32 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 256,774 | ||
| • Density | 4,274/km2 (11,070/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Website | city-adm |
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Rivne (Ukrainian: Рівне, Ukrainian pronunciation: [ˈriu̯nɛ]; Russian: Ровно, Rovno; Polish: Równe) is a historic city in western Ukraine and the historical region of Volhynia. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast. Before World War II the city was located in Poland and during the German occupation in 1941–44 the city was designated as a capital of the German Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine).
Rivne is an important transportation hub, with the international Rivne Airport, and rail links to Zdolbuniv, Sarny and Kovel, as well as highways linking it with Brest, Kiev and Lviv.
The estimated population was around 250,242 as of 2013[update].
Rivne was first mentioned in 1283 as one of the inhabited places of Halych-Volhynia. From the second half of the 14th century it was under the rule of Great Duchy of Lithuania and from 1569 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1492 the city was granted Magdeburg rights. Following the Second Partition of Poland in 1793 Rivne became a part of Russian Empire, and in 1797 it was declared to be a regional town of the Volhynian Governorate.
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