Bar (Vinnytsia)

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Бар

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Basic data

Oblast :

Vinnytsia Oblast

Rajon :

Rajon Bar

Height :

350 m

Area :

5.95 km²

Residents :

17,065 (2004)

Population density :

2,868 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

23000

Area code :

+380 4341

Geographic location :

49 ° 5 ' N , 27 ° 41' E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '30 " N , 27 ° 40' 34" E

KOATUU :

520210100

Administrative structure :

1 city

Mayor :

Olexiy Dzis

Address:

вул. Пролетарська 6
23000 м. Бар

Statistical information

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Bar ( Ukrainian and Russian Бар ) is a city in western Vinnytsia Oblast in central Ukraine . It is the administrative center of the Rajons of the same name and has about 17,200 inhabitants (as of 2005).

history

The city was called Riw in the 14th century . In 1452 the city was destroyed by the Tatars . The newly rebuilt city has since been called a bar . At the beginning of the 16th century, the Polish Queen Bona Sforza had a large fortress built here, which was the second largest in Podolia . 1672–1674 and 1675–1699, the city was part of the Ottoman Empire . The Bar Confederation was founded here in 1768 . In the same year the Russian troops of General Petr Kretschetnikow stormed the city and destroyed the fortress.

economy

Since the 1970s there has been a compressor station in Bar for the Druzhba route built at the time, and one for the Urengoy - Uzhhorod gas route since the 1980s .