Trostianets, Vinnytsia Oblast

Trostianets Тростянець
Urban-type settlement
House of Culture
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°31′N 29°14′E / 48.517°N 29.233°E / 48.517; 29.233
Country	Ukraine
Province	Vinnytsia Oblast
District	Haisyn Raion
First mentioned	1598
Population  (2022)
• Total	7,257
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Trostianets (Ukrainian: Тростянець) is an urban settlement (town) in Vinnytsia Oblast (province), Ukraine, located in the historic region of Podilia. It was formerly the administrative seat of Trostianets Raion, but is now administered within Haisyn Raion. The town is located on the Trostianets River, which is a tributary of the Southern Bug. The estimated population in 2022 was 7,257 (2022 estimate)^[1].

History

Trostianets was first mentioned in 1598. Historically, it was known as Adamhorod (Adamgrod), and was a private town in Poland, located in the Bracław Voivodeship, owned by the House of Potocki.

Notable residents

• Mendel Osherowitch - Jewish journalist and writer, a witness of Holodomor.

External links

• Trostianets at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
• Trostianets^{[permanent dead link]} at the Verkhovna Rada website
• Trostianets
• Trostyanets (p. 423) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation.

References

Further reading

• Weiner, Miriam; Ukrainian State Archives (in cooperation with); Moldovan State Archives (in cooperation with) (1999). "Chapter 11: Town Clips: Trostyanets." Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories . Secaucus, NJ: Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation. p. 423. ISBY 978-0-96-565081-6. OCLC 607423469.

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