# Starokostiantyniv

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City in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine

"Constantinov" redirects here. For the surname, see [Konstantinov](/source/Konstantinov).

City in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine

Starokostiantyniv Старокостянтинів City Top: Starokostiantyniv Castle; bottom left: Monument to Pilots; bottom right: Church of the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Flag Coat of arms Starokostiantyniv Location of Starokostiantyniv in Ukraine Show map of Khmelnytskyi Oblast Starokostiantyniv Starokostiantyniv (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine Coordinates: 49°45′14″N 27°13′13″E / 49.75389°N 27.22028°E / 49.75389; 27.22028 Country Ukraine Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast Raion Khmelnytskyi Raion Hromada Starokostiantyniv urban hromada Founded 1561 Area • Total 40 km2 (15 sq mi) Elevation 265 m (869 ft) Population (2022) • Total 33,921 Website http://starkon.km.ua/

**Starokostiantyniv** ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Старокостянтинів, IPA: [\[ˌstɑrokosʲtʲɐnˈtɪn⁽ʲ⁾iu̯\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Ukrainian) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q8798_(ukr)-Gzhegozh-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2.wav); [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Starokonstantynów* or *Konstantynów*; [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish_language): אלט-קאָנסטאַנטין, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Yiddish): *Alt Konstantin*) is a [city](/source/City) in [Khmelnytskyi Raion](/source/Khmelnytskyi_Raion), [Khmelnytskyi Oblast](/source/Khmelnytskyi_Oblast) ([province](/source/Oblast)) of western [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine). It hosts the administration of [Starokostiantyniv urban hromada](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Starokostiantyniv_urban_hromada&action=edit&redlink=1), one of the [hromadas](/source/Hromada) of Ukraine.[1] Its population was 33,921 (2022 estimate).[2] In 2025, about 30,000 people live there.[3]

## History

Historical affiliations

[Grand Duchy of Lithuania](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania) 1525–1569 [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth) 1569–1793 [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) 1793–1917 [Ukrainian People's Republic](/source/Ukrainian_People's_Republic)/[Ukrainian State](/source/Ukrainian_State) 1917-1920 [Soviet Ukraine](/source/Soviet_Ukraine) 1920–1922 [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) 1922–1991 [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) 1941–1944 (*occupation*) [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) 1991–present

Starokostiantyniv was founded in the 16th century when [Konstanty Ostrogski](/source/Konstanty_Ostrogski) built a fortress at the village of [Kolishchentsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kolishchentsi&action=edit&redlink=1). The surviving [Starokostiantyniv Castle](/source/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](/source/Private_town) of Poland, owned by the [Ostrogski family](/source/Ostrogski_family). It was part of Polish [Volhynian Voivodeship](/source/Volhynian_Voivodeship_(1569%E2%80%931795)) in the [Lesser Poland Province](/source/Lesser_Poland_Province%2C_Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland). 1648 saw the [Battle of Starokostiantyniv](/source/Battle_of_Starokostiantyniv). The 1st Infantry Regiment of the Polish [Crown Army](/source/Crown_Army) was stationed in the town in 1791 before it was relocated to [Kalisz](/source/Kalisz).[4] The town is home to an [airfield](/source/Starokostiantyniv_Air_Base).

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](/source/Mechanical_engineering) and [metalworking](/source/Metalworking), [food processing](/source/Food_processing), etc.) and the deployment of a large [garrison](/source/Garrison) (including [aviation](/source/Aviation) units).

Until 18 July 2020, Starokostiantyniv was incorporated as a [city of oblast significance](/source/City_of_regional_significance_(Ukraine)) and served as the administrative center of [Starokostiantyniv Raion](/source/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.[5][6]

## Notable people

- [Abraham Goldfaden](/source/Abraham_Goldfaden), poet and playwright, considered father of the modern Jewish theatre

- [Ben-Zion](/source/Ben-Zion_(artist)) (1897–1987), painter born in Starokostyantyniv[7]

- [Avrom Ber Gotlober](/source/Avrom_Ber_Gotlober) (1811–1899), writer, poet, and educator of the Haskala movement.

- [Jakub Weinles](/source/Jakub_Weinles), Polish painter

- [Anatoliy Bondarchuk](/source/Anatoliy_Bondarchuk), hammer thrower who won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

- [Blank family](/source/Blank_family), ancestors of [Vladimir Lenin](/source/Vladimir_Lenin)

- [Chana Orloff](/source/Chana_Orloff) (1888–1968), art deco and figurative art sculptor

## Gallery

		- Capuchin Monastery

		- Church of Holy Trinity

		- Basil Constantine Ostrozky Monument and Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary

		- Military officers' club

		- Tower of the former Dominican Monastery

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-admreform_2020_starokostiantyniv_1-0)** ["Староостропильская громада"](https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/staroostropilska/) (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ua2022estimate_2-0)** [Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022](http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2022/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf) [*Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022*] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: [State Statistics Service of Ukraine](/source/State_Statistics_Service_of_Ukraine). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220704164521/https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2022/zb/05/zb_%D0%A1huselnist.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Кожного дня "шахеди": як живе і працює Старокостянтинів під постійними атаками росіян"](https://lb.ua/society/2025/03/30/668292_kozhnogo_dnya_shahedi_yak_zhive_i_pratsyuie.html). *LB.ua*. 2025-03-30. Retrieved 2025-05-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). *Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831* (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ"](http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466). *Голос України* (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Нові райони: карти + склад"](https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/) (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ben-Zion_7-0)** ["Ben-Zion"](https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ben-zion-360). *Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)*. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

## External links

- [Weather in Starokostiantyniv.](http://weather.mirbig.net/en/UA/09/692818_Starokostyantyniv)

- [The murder of the Jews of Starokostiantyniv](http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=554) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), at [Yad Vashem](/source/Yad_Vashem) website.

v t e Administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast Administrative center: Khmelnytskyi Raions Kamianets-Podilskyi Khmelnytskyi Shepetivka Hromadas Antoniny Berezdiv Bilohiria Chemerivtsi Chornyi Ostriv Derazhnia Dunaivtsi Hannopil Horodok Hrytsiv Hukiv Humentsi Hvardiiske Iziaslav Kamianets-Podilskyi Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv Krupets Kytaihorod Lenkivtsi Letychiv Lisovi Hrynivtsi Makiv Medzhybizh Mykhailiuchka Myroliubne Narkevychi Netishyn Nova Ushytsia Novodunaivtsi Orynyn Pluzhne Polonne Poninka Rozsosha Sakhnivtsi Sataniv Shchyborivka Shepetivka Slavuta Slobidka-Kulchiievetska Smotrych Solobkivtsi Stara Syniava Stara Ushytsia Starokostiantyniv Staryi Ostropil Sudylkiv Teofipol Ulashanivka Viitivtsi Vinkivtsi Volochysk Vovkovyntsi Yampil Yarmolyntsi Zakupne Zasluchne Zhvanets Zinkiv Cities Derazhnia Dunaivtsi Horodok Iziaslav Kamianets-Podilskyi Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv Netishyn Polonne Shepetivka Slavuta Starokostiantyniv Volochysk

v t e Hero Cities of Ukraine Ukrainian SSR Kyiv (capital) Kerch Odesa Sevastopol Since 6 March 2022 Chernihiv Hostomel Kharkiv Kherson Mariupol Volnovakha Since 24 March 2022 Bucha Irpin Mykolaiv Okhtyrka Since 1 October 2025 Bashtanka Druzhkivka Huliaipole Kostiantynivka Kramatorsk Kupiansk Marhanets Nikopol Orikhiv Pavlohrad Pokrovsk Sloviansk Starokostiantyniv Sumy Trostyanets Voznesensk

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