Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city

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Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city overview

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city coat of arms

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Rivne is a city and administrative center of Rivne oblast, Ukraine, on the small Ustye River. Rivne city is a highway and railway junction and has an airport.

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city map location

Rivne Ukraine city map location

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city population - 255,000 (2006).
Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city land area - 58,24 sq. km.
Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city phone code - +380-362.
Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city postal code - 33000.

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city history

Rivne was first mentioned in 1282 as a town of Galytsko-Volynskoye princedom. From the second half of the 14 century Rivne was ruled by Lithuania. At the end of the 15 century Magdeburg Law was adopted in Rivne.

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According to Lyublin union of 1569 Rivne passed to Poland and was long a minor Polish settlement. In 1648 there was an anti-feudal revolt.

On the first partition of Poland in 1793 Rivne passed to Russia. Rivne was made a town in 1797. Growth began at the end of the 19th century when Rivne became an important railway junction. In February 1918 Rivne was occupied by Austro-German troops, between 1920 and 1939 Rivne reverted to Poland.

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city views

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Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city economy

Previously Rivne industries were of minor significance. In the 1960s industries developed greatly, especially machine-building and metal processing. Chemical industries are also developed in Rivne city. There are the biggest textile industry works and other foodstuffs. The population of Rivne doubled over the 1960s.

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city power plant

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Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city main attractions

Rivne has a teacher-training and water-engineering institutes and a branch of Kiev State University. Among survivals of Rivne past are the Church of Assumption with a bell tower (1756, wooden), the gymnasium (1839, in classicism style). Famous writer V.G.Korolenko studied in Rivne gymnasium (1866-1871).

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city organ music house

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Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city Taras Shevchemko monument

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Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city theater

Rivne (Rovno) Ukraine city theater picture