Starokostiantyniv

{{Short description|City in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Redirect|Constantinov|the surname|Konstantinov}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Starokostiantyniv | native_name = {{lang|uk|Старокостянтинів}} | native_name_lang = uk | other_name = | image_caption = Top: [[Starokostiantyniv Castle]]; bottom left: Monument to Pilots; bottom right: Church of the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary | image_flag = Flag of Starokostiantyniv.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Starokostiantyniv.png | image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo1a = Замок Острозьких. Панорама.jpg{{!}}Castle | photo2a = Старокостантинів Пам'ятний знак льотчикам.jpg | photo2b = Церква Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці у світлі ранкового сонця.jpg | size = 270 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 }} | settlement_type = [[City status in Ukraine|City]]| | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Khmelnytskyi Raion]] | region_link = | region_name_local = | population_total = 33921 | population_as_of = 2022 | area_total_km2 = 40 | established_date = 1561 | established_title = Founded | elevation_m = 265 | pushpin_map = Ukraine Khmelnytskyi Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|49|45|14|N|27|13|13|E|region:UA|display=inline}} | website = http://starkon.km.ua/ | subdivision_type3 = [[Hromada]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Starokostiantyniv urban hromada]] }} '''Starokostiantyniv''' ({{langx|uk|Старокостянтинів}}, {{IPA|uk|ˌstɑrokosʲtʲɐnˈtɪn⁽ʲ⁾iu̯|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Старокостянтинів.wav}}; {{langx|pl|Starokonstantynów}} or {{lang|pl|Konstantynów}}; {{langx|yi|אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין|Alt Konstantin}}) is a [[city]] in [[Khmelnytskyi Raion]], [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]] ([[Oblast|province]]) of western [[Ukraine]]. It hosts the administration of [[Starokostiantyniv urban hromada]], one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_starokostiantyniv">{{cite web |title=Староостропильская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/staroostropilska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> Its population was {{Ua-pop-est2022|33,921|punct=.}} In 2025, about 30,000 people live there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-30 |title=Кожного дня “шахеди”: як живе і працює Старокостянтинів під постійними атаками росіян |url=https://lb.ua/society/2025/03/30/668292_kozhnogo_dnya_shahedi_yak_zhive_i_pratsyuie.html |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=LB.ua}}</ref>

==History== {{Quote box | width = 23em | align = left | bgcolor = #B0D4DE | title = Historical affiliations | fontsize = 85% | quote = <poem>{{flagicon image|Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg}} [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] 1525–1569 {{flagicon image|Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg}} [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] 1569–1793 {{flag|Russian Empire}} 1793–1917 {{flagicon image|Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg}} [[Ukrainian People's Republic]]/[[Ukrainian State]] 1917-1920 {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1929).svg}} [[Soviet Ukraine]] 1920–1922 {{flag|Soviet Union}} 1922–1991 {{flag|Nazi Germany}} 1941–1944 (''occupation'') {{flag|Ukraine}} 1991–present</poem> }} Starokostiantyniv was founded in the 16th century when [[Konstanty Ostrogski]] built a fortress at the village of [[Kolishchentsi]]. The surviving [[Starokostiantyniv Castle]] was constructed by his son between 1561 and 1571. The village grew into a town which became known as "Old Constantine's Town" (''Kostiantyniv Staryi'') to prevent confusion with "New Constantine's Town" in the vicinity. It became a [[private town]] of Poland, owned by the [[Ostrogski family]]. It was part of Polish [[Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)|Volhynian Voivodeship]] in the [[Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Lesser Poland Province]]. 1648 saw the [[Battle of Starokostiantyniv]]. The 1st Infantry Regiment of the Polish [[Crown Army]] was stationed in the town in 1791 before it was relocated to [[Kalisz]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|page=26}}</ref> The town is home to an [[Starokostiantyniv Air Base|airfield]].

In 1939, 6,743 Jews were living in the city, accounting for 31 percent of the total population. The Jewish community was murdered in mass executions perpetrated from August 1941 until November 1942. In the postwar period, the city grew significantly due to the development of industry ([[mechanical engineering]] and [[metalworking]], [[food processing]], etc.) and the deployment of a large [[garrison]] (including [[aviation]] units).

Until 18 July 2020, Starokostiantyniv was incorporated as a [[city of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]] and served as the administrative center of [[Starokostiantyniv Raion]] though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three, the city of Starokostiantyniv was merged into Khmelnytskyi Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

==Notable people== *[[Abraham Goldfaden]], poet and playwright, considered father of the modern Jewish theatre *[[Ben-Zion (artist)|Ben-Zion]] (1897–1987), painter born in Starokostyantyniv<ref name=Ben-Zion>{{Cite web|title=Ben-Zion |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ben-zion-360 |access-date=2021-07-27|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[Avrom Ber Gotlober]] (1811–1899), writer, poet, and educator of the Haskala movement. *[[Jakub Weinles]], Polish painter *[[Anatoliy Bondarchuk]], hammer thrower who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics *[[Blank family]], ancestors of [[Vladimir Lenin]] *[[Chana Orloff]] (1888–1968), art deco and figurative art sculptor

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Старокостянтинів. Івана хрестителя.jpg|Capuchin Monastery File:Староконстянтинів.jpg|Church of Holy Trinity File:Basil Constantine Ostrozky Monument and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Starokostiantyniv.JPG|Basil Constantine Ostrozky Monument and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary File:Officers Club Starokonstantinov.JPG|Military officers' club File:Костел Матері Божої Громничої та домініканський монастир Старокостянтинів.jpg|Tower of the former Dominican Monastery </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://weather.mirbig.net/en/UA/09/692818_Starokostyantyniv Weather in Starokostiantyniv.] * [http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=554 The murder of the Jews of Starokostiantyniv] during [[World War II]], at [[Yad Vashem]] website.

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