Izyaslav

Izyaslav
Ізяслав
	Izyaslav
Basic data
Oblast :	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Rajon :	Isyaslav Raion
Height :	228 m
Area :	23.91 km²
Residents :	18,444 (2001)
Population density :	771 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	30300
Area code :	+380 3852
Geographic location :	50 ° 7 '  N , 26 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '8 "  N , 26 ° 49' 20"  E
KOATUU :	6822110100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Незалежності 43 30300 м. Ізяслав
Website :	http://izyaslav.miskrada.org.ua
Statistical information
Izyaslav

Isjaslav ( Ukrainian Ізяслав ; Russian Изяслав , Polish Zasław ) is a city in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Ukraine with 18,444 inhabitants (2001). It is located on the Horyn River and its tributaries Ponora and Soscha , about 100 kilometers north of the Oblast capital Khmelnytskyi . Other non-official spellings for the place are Saslav / Заслав and Scheslaw / Жеслав.

history

View of the new town of Isjaslav

Alt-Isjaslav as the oldest part of the city lies on the left high bank of the Horyn and was first mentioned in 1386. New Isjaslav on the other side of the river was first mentioned in 1589. The district, in turn, is determined by the Ponora in the north to Seredmistia and southern Maydan divided.

During the Khmelnytskyi Uprising , Isyaslav was devastated twice in 1648 and 1650. In 1685 the place was burned down by the Tatars .

Attractions

Bernardine monastery

• Isjaslav Castle (15th century)
• New Isjaslav Castle (16th century)
• Cathedral of St. John (1599)
• Bernardine monastery (17th century)
• Hofburg of Prince Sangushko (1754)
• Church of Saint Joseph (1747)
• Great Synagogue (16th to 17th centuries)
• New Town Synagogue (19th century)
• Gewandhaus - lost (18th century)

Personalities

• Nathan Hannover (1610–1683), Jewish historian and Kabbalist
• Jacob Sasslower (17th century), Jewish Masoret
• Paolo Fontana (1696–1765), Volhyn architect
• Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763), German composer, harpsichordist and music theorist
• Marian Dubiecki (1838–1926), historian, politician and activist in the Polish national movement
• Yevhen Nakonechnyj (1914–1988), architect
• Mychajlo Kowal (* 1956), politician and officer
• Dmytro Tschyhrynskyj (* 1986), football player

Town twinning

Isjaslav lists the following four twin cities :

city	country	since
Brembate di Sopra	Lombardy, Italy	2011
Lovech	Bulgaria	2012
Ostrów Mazowiecka	Mazovia, Poland	2011
Powiat Ostrowski	Mazovia, Poland

See also

• Volhynia
• Zaslawski
• Sanguszko

Web links

Commons : Isjaslav  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Isjaslav in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine (English)
• [1] Jewish life in Isjaslav, pictures (English). Retrieved August 10, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sergey R. Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin. Synagogues in Ukraine VOLHYNIA Vol. 1. Pages 267 ff. The Center Of Jewish Art. ISBN 978-965-227-342-0 . History of Isjaslav.
2. ↑ Міста-побратими. Retrieved October 26, 2017 .