Rivne

{{short description|City and administrative center of Rivne Oblast, Ukraine}} {{other uses}} {{redirect|Rovno}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Rivne | native_name = Рівне | settlement_type = City | motto = | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 270 | image_style = border:1; | perrow = 1/2/2 | image1 = Рівне.Костел..jpg{{!}}Church of St. Anthony of Padua (now House of Organ Music) | image2 = 19 Drahomanova Street, Rivne P1080168 Будинок гімназії.jpg{{!}}Museum | image3 = Національний університет водного господарства та природокористування (навчальний корпус № 7) Фасад.JPG{{!}}National University of Water Management and Natural Resources | image4 = Рівненський обласний академічний український музично-драматичний театр P1570524.jpg{{!}}Music and Drama Theater | image5 = Sobór Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego w Równem (Панорама-1).jpg{{!}}Resurrection Cathedral }} | image_caption = {{hlist|Clockwise from top: Church of St. Anthony of Padua (now House of Organ Music)|National University of Water Management and Natural Resources|Resurrection Cathedral|Music and Drama Theater|Museum}} | image_flag = Flag of Rivne.svg | image_blank_emblem = Логотип міста Рівне.svg | blank_emblem_type = Brandmark | image_shield = Coat of arms Rivne.svg | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Rivne Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = Rivne | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Rivne Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Rivne Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Rivne urban hromada | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = | parts_style = | parts = | p1 = | p2 = > | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = {{ill|Viktor Shakyrzian|uk|Шакризян Віктор Володимирович}} (acting)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Рівне – без мера: відомо, хто тепер керуватиме містом|date=2023-08-25|url=https://konkurent.ua/publication/122764/rivne-bez-mera-vidomo-hto-teper-keruvatime-mistom/|access-date=2026-03-26}}</ref> | leader_party = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1283 | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 58.00 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 243873 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coor_type = | coordinates = {{coord|50|37|09|N|26|15|07|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}} | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = {{URL|city-adm.rv.ua}} {{Dead link|date=April 2022}} | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = }}

'''Rivne''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɪ|v|n|ə}} {{respell|RIV|nə}}; {{langx|uk|Рівне}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈr⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ne|IPA|Uk-Rivnesound.ogg}}; Polish: {{lang|pl|Równe}}) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.<ref name="zakon1.rada.gov.ua">[http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1183-XII On bringing the name of Rovno city and Rovno Oblast in accordance to rules of Ukrainian spelling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005075442/http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1183-XII |date=2015-10-05 }}. Ukrainian parliament. 11 June 1991</ref> It has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|243,873|punct=.}}

First mentioned in the late 13th century, Rivne developed under the rule of Lithuania and Poland due to its location on the route connecting Kyiv and Volodymyr. In the late 14th century the city was awarded Magdeburg Law. From the late 16th century it belonged to Ostrogski and Lubomirski noble families. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, during the latter half of the 19th century Rivne experienced rapid development due to its role as a railway hub. In the spring of 1919 it served as a provisional seat of the Ukrainian government throughout the ongoing war with Soviet Russia. Between World War I and World War II, the city belonged to Poland as a district-level (county) seat of Wolyn Voivodeship. At the start of World War II in 1939, Rivne was occupied by the Soviet Red Army and received its current status by becoming a seat of regional government of the Rivne Oblast, which was created out of the eastern portion of the voivodeship. During the German occupation of 1941–44 the city was designated as the capital of Reichskommissariat Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II)|date=1998|volume=7|pages=2513-2515}}</ref>

Rivne is an important transportation hub, with the international Rivne Airport, and rail links to Zdolbuniv, Sarny, and Kovel, as well as highways linking it with Brest, Kyiv and Lviv. Among other leading companies there is a chemical factory of Rivne-Azot (part of Ostchem Holding).

==Names== * {{langx|ru|Ровно|Rovno}}, also the former spelling in Ukrainian until 1991{{efn|{{langx|uk|Ровно}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1183-12#Text|title=Про приведення назви міста Ровно і Ровенської області у відповідність до правил українського правопису|website=zakon.rada.gov.ua}}</ref>}} * {{langx|pl|Równe}} * {{langx|yi|ראָוונע}}

==History== ===Middle Ages=== Rivne was first mentioned in 1283 in the Polish annals ''Rocznik kapituły krakowskiej''<ref name=eohou>Bovhyria, A. ''[http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?Z21ID=&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Rivne_mst Rivne (РІВНЕ)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042421/http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?Z21ID=&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Rivne_mst |date=2018-05-22 }}''. ''Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine''.</ref><ref name=ukraine-in>[http://ukraine-in.ua/ua/istoriya-gorodov-ukrainy/istoriya-rovno History of Rivne (Історія Рівне)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042510/http://ukraine-in.ua/ua/istoriya-gorodov-ukrainy/istoriya-rovno |date=2018-05-22 }}. Ukraine-in portal.</ref> as one of the inhabited places of Halych-Volhynia near which Leszek II the Black was victorious over a part of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army. Following the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia's partition after Galicia–Volhynia Wars in the late 14th century, it was under the rule of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in 1434 the Grand Duke of Lithuania Švitrigaila awarded the settlement to a Lutsk nobleman Dychko.<ref name=eohou /> In 1461 Dychko sold his settlement to Prince Semen Nesvizh.<ref name=eohou /><ref name=ukraine-in /> In 1479 Semen Nesvizh died and his settlement was passed to his wife Maria who started to call herself princess of Rivne.<ref name=ukraine-in /> She turned the settlement into a princely residence by building in 1481<ref name=eohou /> a castle on one of local river islands and managed to obtain Magdeburg rights for the settlement in 1492 from the King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon.<ref name=ukraine-in /> Following her death in 1518, the city was passed on to the princes of Ostrog and declined by losing its status as a princely residency.<ref name=eohou />

In 1566 the town of Rivne became part of newly established Volhynian Voivodeship. Following the Union of Lublin in 1569, it was transferred from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Poland.<ref name=eohou /><ref name=ukraine-in /> The city had a status of a private town held by nobles (Ostrogski and Lubomirski families). Following the Second Partition of Poland in 1795 Rivne became a part of the Russian Empire, and in 1797 it was declared to be a county level (uyezd) town of the Volhynian Governorate.

===World War I=== thumb|left|Lubomirski Palace, 1945 During World War I and the period of chaos shortly after, it was briefly under German, Ukrainian, Bolshevik, and Polish rule. During April–May 1919 Rivne served as the temporary capital{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} of the Ukrainian People's Republic. In late April 1919 one of the Ukrainian military leaders Volodymyr Oskilko attempted to organize a ''coup-d'état'' against the Directorate led by Symon Petliura and the cabinet of Borys Martos and replace them with Yevhen Petrushevych as president of Ukraine. In Rivne, Oskilko managed to arrest most of the cabinet ministers including Martos himself, but Petliura at that time was in neighboring Zdolbuniv and managed to stop Oskilko's efforts. At the conclusion of the conflict, in accordance with the Riga Peace Treaty of 1921, it became a part of the Polish Volhynian Voivodeship, a situation which would last until the Second World War. Before World War II, Rivne (Równe) was a mainly Jewish-Polish city (Jews constituted about 50% of the city's population, and Poles 35%).

=== Ukrainian People's Republic === {{Infobox |bodyclass = toccolours |abovestyle = background-color:#eee; text-align:center; |tnavbar=Zemli UPR |above=Pohoryna |image=250px |image2={{legend|#95FFBF|Pohoryna on the map}} |label1=Capital |data1=Rivne |label2= Founded |data2= 6 March 1918 |label3= Abolished |data3= 29 April 1918 }} '''Pohoryna''' was a land of the Ukrainian People's Republic with its capital in the city of Rivne. Founded on 6 March 1918 according to the Law "On the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine" approved by Central Council of Ukraine, the administrative unit was abolished on 29 April 1918 by Hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadsky, bringing back old divisions of the Russian Empire.

The region included Rivne, Ostroh, Iziaslav, Kremenets povit, southern part Dubno povit and the western part Starokostiantyniv povit of the Volhynia Governorate.

===World War II=== In 1939, as a result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and the partition of Poland, Rivne was occupied by the Soviet Union. Starting December of that year Rivne became the center of the newly established Rivne Oblast in the Ukrainian SSR.

thumb|left|Równe in 1941 On 28 June 1941 Rivne was invaded by the 6th army of Nazi Germany. On 20 August, the Nazis declared it the administrative center of Reichskommissariat Ukraine. A Gestapo prison opened on Belaia Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rovno2/files/Rovno_Burds.pdf |title=Holocaust in Rovno: The Massacre at Sosenki Forest, November 1941 |last=Burds |first=Jeffrey |date=2013 |website=www.jewishgen.org |page=86 |access-date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207113109/https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/rovno2/files/Rovno_Burds.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Roughly half of Rivne's inhabitants were Jewish.

On 6–8 November, 17,500 Jewish adults from Rivne were shot to death or thrown alive into a large pit in a pine grove in Sosenki, a nearby wooded area (sometimes referred to as Sosenki Forest), and 6,000 Jewish children suffered the same fate at a nearby site.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2020-10-22/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/this-ukrainian-city-was-once-home-to-a-vibrant-jewish-community/0000017f-f50a-d47e-a37f-fd3e39c70000 This Ukrainian City Was Once Home to a Vibrant Jewish Community. Now Its Grand Synagogue Is a Sports Hall], Haaretz</ref> From 8–13 November German actor Olaf Bach was flown to the city to perform for the German forces.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The city's remaining Jews were sent to Rivne Ghetto. In July 1942, they were sent {{cvt|70|km}} north to Kostopil and shot to death.

On 2 February 1944, the city was captured by the Red Army in the Battle of Rivne, and remained under Soviet control until Ukraine regained its independence on the break-up of the USSR in 1991. Poles from Rivne were deported to Poland's new borders after 1945.

===Post-war era=== In 1958, a TV tower began broadcasting in the city; in 1969, the first trolley ran through the city; in 1969, Rivne airport opened. In 1983, the city celebrated its 700th anniversary.

On 11 June 1991, the Ukrainian parliament officially renamed the city Rivne according to the rules of Ukrainian orthography. It had previously been known as Rovno.<ref name="zakon1.rada.gov.ua"/>

===Russo-Ukrainian War=== On 14 March 2022, Rivne TV Tower experienced heavy missile attack by Russian troops. The tower was damaged and an administrative room was destroyed. As a result of the attack 20 people were killed and nine injured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Атака на телевежу Рівненщини: підтверджено вже 20 загиблих, можливо, є шанси врятувати ще одну людину, - голова ОВА |url=https://lb.ua/society/2022/03/15/509656_ataka_televezhu_rivnenshchini.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=LB.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Удар по телевежі на Рівненщині: кількість загиблих зросла до 19 |url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3430056-udar-po-televezi-na-rivnensini-kilkist-zagiblih-zrosla-do-19.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=www.ukrinform.ua |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Number of victims of missile strike on Rivne's TV tower grown to 19, removal of rubble continues – local authorities |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/813570.html |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Interfax-Ukraine |language=en}}</ref>

==Population== {{historical populations|1897|24573|1921|30482|5=1939|6=43000|7=1959|8=59598|9=1970|10=115541|11=1979|12=178956|13=1989|14=227925|15=2001|16=248813|17=2011|18=249840|19=2022|20=243873|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web|title=Cities & Towns of Ukraine|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-cities.htm}}</ref>}}

===Ethnic groups=== Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}</ref>{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Rivne|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|91.56}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|6.77}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.59}} {{bar percent|Poles|yellow|0.35}} {{bar percent|Jews|black|0.14}} {{bar percent|Czechs|lightblue|0.06}} {{bar percent|Azerbaijanis|green|0.06}} {{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.05}} {{bar percent|Germans|blue|0.04}}}}

===Language=== Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:<ref>{{cite web | language=uk | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України}}</ref> {| class="standard" |- ! Language ! Number ! Percentage |- | Ukrainian | align="right"| 225 899 ||align="right"| 92.08% |- | Russian | align="right"| 18 346 || align="right"| 7.48% |- | Other or undecided | align="right"| 1 078 || align="right"| 0.44% |- | Total | align="right"| 245 323 || align="right"| 100.00% |}

According to a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute in April–May 2023, 96% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 3% spoke Russian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ratinggroup.ua/files/ratinggroup/reg_files/municipal_survey_may_2023_ua_-_final.pdf|title=Municipal Survey 2023|website=ratinggroup.ua|access-date=9 August 2023|archive-date=19 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719164824/https://ratinggroup.ua/files/ratinggroup/reg_files/municipal_survey_may_2023_ua_-_final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography== ===Climate=== Rivne has a moderate continental climate with cold, snowy winters and warm summers. Snow cover usually lasts from November until March.<ref name=climatebase >{{cite web |url=http://climatebase.ru/station/33301/?lang=en |title=Rivne, Ukraine Climate Data |publisher=Climatebase |access-date=21 January 2013 |archive-date=22 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522152134/http://climatebase.ru/station/33301/?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The average annual precipitation is {{cvt|598|mm|in|0}} June and July being the wettest months and January and February the driest. {{Weather box |location=Rivne, Ukraine (1991–2020, extremes 1951–present) |metric first=Yes |single line=Yes |Jan record high C=13.9 |Feb record high C=16.7 |Mar record high C=26.2 |Apr record high C=30.5 |May record high C=33.0 |Jun record high C=34.2 |Jul record high C=35.3 |Aug record high C=37.0 |Sep record high C=36.4 |Oct record high C=26.2 |Nov record high C=21.2 |Dec record high C=14.5 |year record high C=37.0 |Jan high C=-0.9 |Feb high C=0.7 |Mar high C=6.2 |Apr high C=14.5 |May high C=20.3 |Jun high C=23.4 |Jul high C=25.3 |Aug high C=25.0 |Sep high C=19.3 |Oct high C=12.7 |Nov high C=5.6 |Dec high C=0.5 |year high C=12.7 |Jan mean C=-3.4 |Feb mean C=-2.4 |Mar mean C=1.9 |Apr mean C=9.0 |May mean C=14.4 |Jun mean C=17.8 |Jul mean C=19.5 |Aug mean C=18.9 |Sep mean C=13.7 |Oct mean C=8.1 |Nov mean C=2.7 |Dec mean C=-1.8 |year mean C=8.2 |Jan low C=-5.9 |Feb low C=-5.2 |Mar low C=-1.8 |Apr low C=3.7 |May low C=8.9 |Jun low C=12.3 |Jul low C=14.0 |Aug low C=13.1 |Sep low C=8.7 |Oct low C=4.2 |Nov low C=0.2 |Dec low C=-4.1 |year low C=4.0 |Jan record low C=-34.5 |Feb record low C=-32.6 |Mar record low C=-26.3 |Apr record low C=-11.5 |May record low C=-3.8 |Jun record low C=2.0 |Jul record low C=5.7 |Aug record low C=1.8 |Sep record low C=-3.5 |Oct record low C=-10.0 |Nov record low C=-20.1 |Dec record low C=-26.1 |year record low C=-34.5 |precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation mm=32 |Feb precipitation mm=31 |Mar precipitation mm=35 |Apr precipitation mm=38 |May precipitation mm=66 |Jun precipitation mm=75 |Jul precipitation mm=94 |Aug precipitation mm=58 |Sep precipitation mm=58 |Oct precipitation mm=45 |Nov precipitation mm=36 |Dec precipitation mm=41 |year precipitation mm=601 |Jan snow depth cm=6 |Feb snow depth cm=7 |Mar snow depth cm=5 |Apr snow depth cm=0 |May snow depth cm=0 |Jun snow depth cm=0 |Jul snow depth cm=0 |Aug snow depth cm=0 |Sep snow depth cm=0 |Oct snow depth cm=0 |Nov snow depth cm=1 |Dec snow depth cm=4 |year snow depth cm=7 |Jan humidity=86.9 |Feb humidity=84.6 |Mar humidity=77.8 |Apr humidity=67.2 |May humidity=68.3 |Jun humidity=71.5 |Jul humidity=73.5 |Aug humidity=71.3 |Sep humidity=76.7 |Oct humidity=81.2 |Nov humidity=87.2 |Dec humidity=88.6 |year humidity=77.9 |Jan rain days=8 |Feb rain days=7 |Mar rain days=10 |Apr rain days=13 |May rain days=15 |Jun rain days=17 |Jul rain days=16 |Aug rain days=12 |Sep rain days=15 |Oct rain days=13 |Nov rain days=12 |Dec rain days=11 |year rain days=149 |Jan snow days=17 |Feb snow days=17 |Mar snow days=10 |Apr snow days=3 |May snow days=0.2 |Jun snow days=0 |Jul snow days=0 |Aug snow days=0 |Sep snow days=0.03 |Oct snow days=1 |Nov snow days=8 |Dec snow days=15 |year snow days=71 |source 1=Pogoda.ru<ref name=pogoda>{{cite web |url=http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/33301.htm |script-title=ru:Погода и Климат – Климат Ровно |trans-title=Weather and Climate – The Climate of Rivne |publisher=Weather and Climate (Погода и климат) |language=ru |access-date=8 November 2021 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303052457/http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/33301.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |source 2=NOAA (humidity 1991–2020)<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422020027/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/6.6/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Ukraine/CSV/Rivne_33301.csv |archive-date=22 April 2025 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/6.6/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Ukraine/CSV/Rivne_33301.csv |title=Rivne Climate Normals 1991–2020 |work=World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> |date=January 2013 }}

==Industry== During Soviet times the provincial town was transformed into an industrial center of the republic. There were two significant factories built. The first was a machine building and metal processing factory capable of producing high-voltage apparatus, tractor spare parts and others. The other was a chemical factory and synthetic materials fabrication plant. Light industry, including a linen plant and a textile mill, as well as food industries, including milk and meat processing plants and a vegetable preservation plant, have also been built. In addition the city became a production center for furniture and other building materials. {{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

==Landmarks== thumb|Cathedral of the Intercession As an important cultural center, Rivne hosts a humanities and a hydro-engineering university, as well as a faculty of the Kyiv State Institute of Culture,{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} and medical and musical as well as automobile-construction, commercial, textile, agricultural and cooperative polytechnic colleges. The city has a historical museum.

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the monument for the Soviet hero Dmitry Medvedev was removed, and the Nikolai Kuznetsov monument was moved to another location within the city. Instead, in order to reflect the controversial history of the region the monuments for "People who died in the honor of Ukraine", and "Soldiers who died in local military battles" were installed.

===Buildings=== thumb|Church of the Assumption *Church of the Assumption (1756) *Cathedral of the Intercession (2001) *Cathedral of the Ascension (1890) *A classicism-style gymnasium building (1839) *During Soviet times the center of the city from Lenin street to Peace Avenue (1963 architects R.D. Vais and O.I. Filipchuk) was completely rebuilt with Administrative and Public buildings in neo-classical, Stalinist style.

===Memorials=== <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|Monument to the Victims of Fascism -->The following memorials are found in Rivne:<ref>{{in lang|uk}} Рівне, план міста, 1:12000. Міста України. Картографія.</ref> *Monument to the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Rivne from the Fascists, Mlynivs'ke Highway *Monument to the Victims of Fascism, Bila Street Square (1968, by A.I. Pirozhenko and B.V. Rychkov, architect-V.M.Gerasimenko) *Bust on the Tomb of Partisan M. Strutyns'ka and Relief on the Tomb of Citizens S. Yelentsia and S. Kotiyevs'koho, Kniazia Volodymyra Street, Hrabnyk Cemetery *Monument to the Perished of Ukraine, Magdeburz'koho Prava Plaza *Communal Grave of Warriors, Soborna Streetthumb|Memorial to Warriors' Glory, Dubenska Street, Rivne Military Cemetery *Monument of Eternal Glory, Kyivs'ka Street *Monument to Taras Shevchenko, T.G. Shevchenko Park; Statue on Nezalezhnosti Plaza *Memorial to Warriors' Glory, Dubens'ka Street, Rivne Military Cemetery (1975, by M.L. Farina, architect-N.A. Dolgansky) *Monument to the Warrior and the Partisan, Peremohy Plaza (1948 by I.Ya. Matveenko) *Monument to Colonel Klym Savura, Commander of the Ukrainian People's Army, Soborna Street *Monument to Symon Petliura, Symon Petliura Street *Monument to N.I. Kuznetsov (bronze and granite, 1961 by V.P Vinaikin) *In 1992, a {{convert|20000|m2|acre|adj=on}} memorial complex was established at the site of the World War II massacre to commemorate the 17,500 Jews murdered there in November 1941 during the Holocaust, marking the mass grave with an obelisk inscribed in Yiddish, Hebrew and Ukrainian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Rivne |url=https://www.memorialmuseums.org/denkmaeler/view/1164/Memorial-to-the-murdered-Jews-of-Rivne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206051435/https://www.memorialmuseums.org/denkmaeler/view/1164/Memorial-to-the-murdered-Jews-of-Rivne |archive-date=2020-02-06 |access-date=2020-02-05 |website=Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance |publisher=Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas |location=Berlin, Germany}}</ref> On 6 June 2012, the World War II Jewish burial site was vandalised, as part of an antisemitic attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=В Ривне вандалы осквернили место массового расстрела евреев. |url=http://mignews.com.ua/ru/articles/111677.html |access-date=27 July 2012 |newspaper=MIG news.com.ua |date=7 June 2012 |archive-date=8 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608225822/http://www.mignews.com.ua/ru/articles/111677.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *Monument to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, Simon Petliura Street *Statue and Plaza dedicated to Maria Rivnens'ka, Soborna Street

===Popular culture references=== *In his memoir ''A Tale of Love and Darkness'', Israeli author Amos Oz describes Rivne through the memories of his mother and her family, who grew up in the city before emigrating to Israel in the 1930s.<ref name=Oz>Oz, Amos, 2004, ''A Tale of Love and Darkness'', pp. 132-190.</ref> *Rivne was mentioned several times in ''The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors'', a 1992 episode of the Canadian-American TV show ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'', being referred to by a variation of its pre-1991 name (either Ravno or Rovno). *In Leonard Bernstein's operetta Candide, the character of The Old Lady sings an aria "I am easily assimilated", in which she refers to her father having been born in Rovno Gubernya

==Sport== ===Rugby=== *RC Rivne (1999)

===Speedway=== The Rivne Speedway Stadium hosts the speedway club Rivne Speedway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rivnespeedway1959.rv.ua/speedway/spidvej-v-ukraine/rovno |title=Speedway Club |website=Rivne Speedway 1959 |access-date=24 January 2024 |archive-date=24 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124220207/https://rivnespeedway1959.rv.ua/speedway/spidvej-v-ukraine/rovno |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://moguloil.com.ua/en/speedway-veterans-open-cup |title=Speedway Veterans Open Cup| website=Mogul Oil |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/Rovno.shtml |title=ROVNO - Ukraine |website=Speedway Plus |access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

The stadium opened on 24 May 1959.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} The venue has hosted significant speedway events including a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/62_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1962.htm |title=1962 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/62.htm#1962 |title=1962 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> and 1991.

==Notable people== [[File:Leonard Bernstein by Jack Mitchell (high quality).jpg|thumb|140px|Leonard Bernstein, 1977]] [[File:Anna Walentynowicz with Paula Dobriansky cropped.jpg|thumb|140px|Anna Walentynowicz, 2005]] [[File:March of Ukraine's Defenders in Kiev, 2019.08.24 - 36crop.jpg|thumb|140px|Yana Zinkevych, 2019]] [[File:Yuriy Lutsenko 2018 Vadim Chuprina.jpg|thumb|140px|Yuriy Lutsenko, 2018]] *Anna Belfer-Cohen (born 1949), Israeli archaeologist and paleoanthropologist *Dahn Ben-Amotz (1924–1989), Israeli radio broadcaster, journalist, playwright and author *Ancestors of Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), the American composer include his father, Samuel, who was born in Berezdiv and his mother, Jennie, born in Sheptevoka in the Rovno region. In Bernstein's operetta ''Candide'', the character of ''The Old Lady'' sings an aria, ''"I am easily assimilated"'', in which she refers to her father as having been born in ''Rovno Gubernya'' *Zuzanna Ginczanka,(1917–1945), Polish poet of the interwar period. *Erast Huculak (1930–2013), Canadian businessman, public figure and philanthropist *Artem Kachanovskyi (born 1992), 2-dan professional Go player, three-time European Champion, Editor-in-chief of the European Go Journal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Pros - Artem Kachanovskyi |url=https://www.eurogofed.org/pros/kachanovskyi.html |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=www.eurogofed.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=European Go Journal |url=https://eurogojournal.com/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=eurogojournal.com}}</ref> *Jan Kobylański (1923–2019), Polish-Paraguayan businessman, founder of the Union of Polish Associations and Organizations in Latin America *Olga Kulchynska (born 1990), Ukrainian soprano opera singer *Sophie Irene Loeb (1876–1929), American journalist and social welfare advocate *Yuriy Lutsenko (born 1964), politician and Prosecutor General of Ukraine, 2016 to 2019 *Oksana Markarova (born 1976), Minister of Finance, 2018 to 2020 and diplomat *Nazar Nebozhynskyi (1999–2022), Ukrainian athlete, soldier, Hero of Ukraine *Natalya Pasichnyk (born 1971), Swedish-Ukrainian classical pianist, she lives in Stockholm *Olga Pasichnyk (born 1968), Polish-Ukrainian classical soprano singer, she lives in Poland * Both parents of the Argentinian poet Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972) emigrated from Rivne to Buenos Aires in 1934 *Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł (1914–1976) Polish nobleman, a scion of the House of Radziwiłł *Shmuel Shoresh (1913–1981), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset from 1955 until 1969 *Boris Smolar (1897–1986), American journalist and newspaper editor *Mira Spivak (born 1934), member of the Senate of Canada representing Manitoba *Anna Walentynowicz (1929–2010), Polish free trade union activist and co-founder of Solidarity *Brenda Weisberg (1900–1996), Russian-American screenwriter of monster movies, thrillers & family films *Wladimir Wertelecki (born 1936), pediatrician, medical geneticist and teratologist in the US *Anatolii Yarovyi, lawyer *Yaroslav Yevdokimov (1946–2025), baritone singer.<ref>[http://www.oblgazeta.ru/culture/13950/ Артист Ярослав Евдокимов рассказал «ОГ» о своих корнях] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503030858/http://www.oblgazeta.ru/culture/13950/|date=2015-05-03}} Областная газета, 12 ноября 2013</ref> *Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891–1953), Russian Imperial and Ukrainian Soviet composer, pianist and teacher *Yana Zinkevych (born 1995), Ukrainian member of parliament and military veteran *Moishe Zilberfarb (1876-1934), Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and public activist *Maksym Kryvtsov (1990–2024), Ukrainian poet, public figure, volunteer, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war *Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko (1994–2023), Canadian civic activist, volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, soldier of the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war

=== Sport === *Serhiy Honchar (born 1970), professional road racing cyclist *Serhiy Lishchuk (born 1982), basketball player, Valencia BC legend, nicknamed "the Ukraine Train" *Mykhailo Romanchuk (born 1996), swimmer, silver & bronze medallst at the 2020 Summer Olympics *Viktor Trofimov (1938–2013), former Soviet international speedway rider *Alla Tsuper (born 1979), Ukrainian and Belarusian aerial skier and gold medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics *Ancestors of Demian Maia (born 1977), UFC Fighter, BJJ Champion and ADCC Champion. His grandfather Stefan Szwec came from Rovno, village of Shpaniv to Brazil in 1926. Demian Maia’s grandmother, Eugenia Kirilchuk, also came from Rovno region.

==International relations== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine}}

===Twin towns – Sister cities=== Rivne is twinned<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rivnerada.gov.ua/portal/cities |title=Міста партнери |access-date=March 8, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> with: {{div col |colwidth=20em}} *{{flagicon|USA}} East Brunswick in the United States *{{flagicon|GER}} Essen in Germany *{{flagicon|USA}} Federal Way in the United States<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/federal-way-welcomes-rivne-ukraine-as-sister-city/ |title=Federal Way welcomes Rivne, Ukraine as sister city|date=4 March 2022 |access-date=March 18, 2022 |df=mdy}}</ref> *{{flagicon|Norway}} Fredrikstad in Norway *{{flagicon|POL}} Gdańsk in Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Jelenia Góra in Poland *{{flagicon|GEO}} Kobuleti in Georgia *{{flagicon|UKR}} Kupiansk in Ukraine *{{flagicon|POL}} Lublin in Poland *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Lund in Sweden *{{flagicon|Monaco}} Monaco *{{flagicon|GER}} Oberviechtach in Germany *{{flagicon|POL}} Olsztyn in Poland *{{flagicon|GER}} Pankow in Germany *{{flagicon|POL}} Piotrków Trybunalski in Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Radomsko County in Poland *{{flagicon|UKR}} Sievierodonetsk in Ukraine *{{flagicon|BUL}} Vidin in Bulgaria *{{flagicon|POL}} Zabrze in Poland *{{flagicon|SVK}} Zvolen in Slovakia {{div col end}}

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Prospekt Miru-Rivne.jpg|Prospect Myru (Peace Avenue) File:Soborna Street in Rivne.jpg|Soborna (Cathedral) Street File:Maidan Nezalezhnosti-Rivne.jpg|Independence square with cinema and statue of Taras Shevchenko File:Railway Station-Rivne.JPG|Railway terminal File:Костёл Петра и Павла, фасад.JPG|Saint Peter and Paul church File:Ровно. Свято-Николаевский монастырь..JPG|Saint Nicholas Monastery </gallery>

==See also== *Rivne Ukrainian Gymnasium

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Maps== *{{in lang|uk}} Рівне, план міста, 1:12000. Міста України. Картографія. *[http://infomisto.com '''infomisto.com''' — map of the Rivne, information and reference portal.]

==External links== {{Commons category|Rivne}} {{Wikivoyage|Rivne}} {{Wiktionary}} *[http://www.city-adm.rv.ua/ Official website of Rivne City Council and Rivne City Administration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101063820/http://www.city-adm.rv.ua/ |date=2007-11-01 }} {{in lang|uk}} *[http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rivne-bird-feeders?rmalang=en_US Rivne Bird webcam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128054803/http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rivne-bird-feeders?rmalang=en_US |date=28 November 2020 }} {{in lang|uk}} *[http://ukrainetrek.com/rivne-city Rivne Places of Interest] {{in lang|en}} *[http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rovno/rovno.html Rowno, a Memorial to the Jewish Community of Rowno, Volyn (Rivne, Ukraine)] {{in lang|en}} *[https://dbs.bh.org.il/place/rivne-rovno The Jewish Community of Rivne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921062341/https://dbs.bh.org.il/place/rivne-rovno |date=21 September 2020 }}, The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot {{in lang|en}} *{{JewishGen-LocalityPage|1052247|Rivne, Ukraine}}

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