Shepetivka

Shepetivka ( _uk. [http://www.shepetivka.org.ua/ Шепетівка] ; _ru. Шепетовка, "Shepetovka") is a city located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine. The city's population is 48,212 (as of 2001 Ukrainian census). Shepetivka is a city of oblast subordinance, and the administrative center of Shepetivskyi Raion (district).

Shepetivka was first mentioned in historical documents in 1594, and is an important railway node with five transit routes intersecting here. Sheptivka is located 100 km away from Khmelnytskyi, the oblast's capitalFor the first time about SHepetovke as about populated point, which belonged to the prince Ivanu Zaslavskomu, is mentionned in written document for 1594. In XVI cl. SHepetovka nothing did not differ from the other полесских of the settlings. In settle existed the commune, was a mill. Right is given At the end XVI cl. SHepetovke. This rendered the assistance a growing, quick occupying her(it). On border XVI and XVII cl. intensive occurred the process of the enslavement peasantry. The Population SHepetovki felt the disasters and from hold ups crimean. Krestiyane and handicraftsmans in response to feudal took part in rebellion 1591 1593 gg. at the head with Krishtofom Kosinsikim and 1594-1596гг. under leadership Severina Nalivayka. During liberation war of ukrainian folk, at July 1648года, when peasant-cossack regiments Maksima Krivonosa to Poponnomu, inhabitants SHepetovki and surrounding sowed;sown renewed the lavas ukrainian troops. The property magnate Lyubomirskih became At the end XVII cl. SHepetovka, but since 1703 - Sangushkiv. At the end XVIII centuries she fell into �зяславский district Volynskoy (later, since 1866, became centre).

1594 first written mentioning about SHepetovke 1795 SHepetovka falls into Izyaslavskiy district Volynskoy губернии 1873 is built railway station 1923 SHepetovka gets status of the city, becomes centre SHepetovskogo neighborhood 1930 city becomes centre SHepetovskogo region Vinnickoy area 1937 SHepetovskiy region falls into Kamenec-Podoliskuyu (with 1954 Hmelinickuyu) area

Famous Residents

Grand Rebbe Yaakov Shamshon of Shepetivka was a son of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz. Shepetivka is also the Burial Tomb of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz himself.