Dubno
Overview
 
Dubno is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population is 1.2 million...

 (province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...

) of western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Serving as the administrative center
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 of Dubno Raion
Dubno Raion
Dubno Raion is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Dubno. It has a population of 48 704.-External links:*...

 (district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was home to the Cold War
Cold War
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 facility Dubno air base
Dubno (air base)
Dubno is an air base in Ukraine located 7 km northeast of Dubno. It is a military base with several angled taxiways, capable of parking about 50 fighters....

.
The current estimated population is around 37,690 (as of 2005).
First mentioned in a chronicle of 1099, when it was in possession of Yaroslav the Wise's grandson David of Brest, Dubno was even a seat of local princes for a short period of time.
 
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