Khmelnytskyi

Khmelnytskyi is a city in western part of Ukraine, the place of business for the Khmelnytskyi Oblast and the Khmelnytskyi Raion. Khmelnytskyi is located within the historic place of Podolia on the banks of the Buh River. The town obtained its contemporary nearby government designation in 1941. In 2015, the town's population was 267,973, making it the second biggest town of the former, archaic Podolia place after Vinnytsia and the most important metropolis of the western part of the area. The city basis date is uncertain. The territory, where Khmelnytskyi is situated, has been inhabited for a completely long term. Many archaeological discoveries had been determined in the city suburbs.

For example, to the East of Lezneve district, there has been a agreement from the Bronze Age 2000 BC, and from Scythian times from 3^rd century BC. The first mention of the town turned into written with Cyrillic alphabet. From 1431 it turned into called Ploskirow and was part of the Kingdom of Poland. It was a royal metropolis. After the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, the city became annexed with the aid of the Russian Empire and changed into renamed Proskurov. According to the Russian census of 1897, Proskurov with a population of 22,855 turned into the 5th largest town of Podolia after Kamianets-Podilskyi, Uman, Vinnytsia and Balta.