Volochisk
| Volochysk | |||
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 Map of Ukraine with Volochysk highlighted |
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| Population | |||
| • Total | 20 958 (census) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 31200 - 31208 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 3845 | ||
| Website | http://www.volochisk.info | ||
Volochysk (Ukrainian: Волочиськ, Yiddish: וואָלאָטשיסק) is a town located on the left bank of the Zbruch River in Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volochyskyi Raion (district).
The current estimated population is 20 958 (2001 census).
Volochysk is an important transport center. Railroads and highways of national importance go through the town.
Volochysk is an old town. Its name used to be “Volochyshche”. It derives from Ukrainian word volochyty that means “to portage”. The town situated on the trade road from the East to the West in Halytsko-Volyn Principality time and in the following centuries. Merchants had to portage their goods through the river and its waterlogged banks. As a result, a new settlement appeared on that place soon (on left and right banks of river Zbruch). It was called “Volochyshche”. The settlement on the right bank was later renamed to “Pidvolochysk”, which means “the place near or under Volochysk”.
Slavic tribes of volyniany used to live on the territory of contemporary Volochysk in ancient times. This region belonged to Kievan Rus' in the ninth and tenth centuries, later to Halytsko-Volyn Principality.
Volochysk area was ravaged in 1241 by Mongol-tatar tribes, which were coming to conquer Halych after they had seized Kiev. Volochysk region as a part of Halytsko-Volyn Princedom was conquered by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the second quarter of the 14th century. Volochysk was a part of Kuzmynsky povit (district) in that period of time. Soon afterwards, it became part of the Kingdom of Poland.
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