Zolochiv
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- This article is about town of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. For the same-named town in the Kharkiv Oblast of that country, see Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.
Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів) is a town located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochivsky Raion (district).
Zolochiv was incorporated as a town on 15 September 1523 by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. Located in the Ruthenian Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to several noble families. In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Austria, and in 1918, following the World War One, it passed to Poland. Zolochiv, known then as Zloczow, belonged to the Tarnopol Voivodship until the Polish September Campaign, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union. Now, it is part of independent Ukraine.
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[edit] Architectural landmarks
[edit] Famous people from Zolochiv
Detail of the Zolochiv Castle: Sobieski coat of arms (1634), with initials J.S.K.K.S.K, that is, "Jakub Sobieski, Krajczy Koronny, Starosta Krasnostawski"
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Yiddish writer
- Franz von Hillenbrand, a German aristocrat, Imperial and Royal accountant
- Roald Hoffmann
- Naphtali Herz Imber
- Marian Iwańciów, a painter
- R' Yechiel Michiel, Magid of Zlotshev (See Zhvill Hasidic Dynasty and Mezhbizh Hasidic Dynasty)
- James Sobieski, a Polish prince
- John III Sobieski, the king of Poland
- Katarzyna Sobieska, the sister of Jan III Sobieski and a noble lady
- Weegee
- Zev Wolf
- Ostap Nalysnyk
- Igor Vovchanchyn, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter from the PRIDE Organization.
- Tadeusz Brzezinski, Polish diplomat, father of Zbigniew Brzezinski
[edit] Nearby towns
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official city webpage
- unOfficial city webpage
- History of Zolochiv and Zolochiv Region (in Ukrainian)
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