Bila Tserkva Ukraine city

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Bila Tserkva Ukraine city overview

Bila Tserkva Ukraine city coat of arms

Bila Tserkva Ukraine city flag

Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian spelling) or Belaya Tserkov (Russian spelling) is a city situated in Kiev oblast (region) of Ukraine about 80 km from Ukraine capital Kiev city.

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Bila Tserkva Ukraine city population - 215,000 (2006).
Bila Tserkva Ukraine city land area - 34 sq. km.
Bila Tserkva Ukraine city phone code - +380-4463.
Bila Tserkva Ukraine city postal codes - 09100-09127.

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Bila Tserkva Ukraine city history

The Bila Tserkva city of Ukraine was founded in 1032 as by Yaroslav the Wise. The town was named Yuriev. Bila Tserkva city present name translation is "White Church" and may refer to the (no longer extant) white-painted cathedral of medieval Yuriev.

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Since 1363 Bila Tserkva city belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and since 1569 to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Bila Tserkva city was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1620 by Sigismund III Vasa. A peace treaty between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ukrainian Cossack rebels under Bohdan Khmelnytsky was signed in Bila Tserkva city in 1651.

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Bila Tserkva Ukraine city Shuhov's water tower

After the Third Partition of Poland in 1795 Bila Tserkva city came into Russian Empire. The Bila Tserkva city was a significant market place in the 19th century. During the Soviet times the Bila Tserkva became a large industrial center with machine building and construction industries.

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Preceding the Russian Revolution and until the 1930s, there was a significant Jewish community in Bila Tserkva city. Some of them were driven out by Cossacks and Tzarist policies. Many were driven out in the Stalinist purges. Most remnants were destroyed during the Holocaust and other losses during the World War II.

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