Zdolbuniv is a small
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Zdolbuniv RaionZdolbuniv Raion is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zdolbuniv. It has a population of .-External links:*...
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districtA raion is a type of administrative unit of some post-Soviet states. 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 almost always translated as "district"...
), and has an important railway station and cement plant (there is a deposit of chalk).
The current estimated population is around 24,600 (as of 2005).
The town was mentioned in 1497 in the deed, in which the
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
n Grand Duke
Alexander JagiellonAlexander Jagiellon , Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland; he was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon...
committed several villages to the Prince
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Zdolbuniv is a small
cityA city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Although there is no agreement on technical definitions distinguishing a city from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status...
in the
Rivne OblastRivne Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne....
(
provinceOblast 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
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
. It is the
administrative centerCapital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman....
of the
Zdolbuniv RaionZdolbuniv Raion is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Zdolbuniv. It has a population of .-External links:*...
(
districtA raion is a type of administrative unit of some post-Soviet states. 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 almost always translated as "district"...
), and has an important railway station and cement plant (there is a deposit of chalk).
The current estimated population is around 24,600 (as of 2005).
History
The town was mentioned in 1497 in the deed, in which the
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of...
n Grand Duke
Alexander JagiellonAlexander Jagiellon , Grand Duke of Lithuania and later also King of Poland; he was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon...
committed several villages to the Prince
Konstanty OstrogskiKonstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski was a Lithuanian duke of slavonic origin and a Grand Hetman of Lithuania since September 11, 1497, until his death...
. Among the villages mentioned in the deed was
Dolbunov. The town has had its present name of Zdolbuniv since 1629.