| LC control no. | n 83011686 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ (Ukraine) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ukraine--Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ |
| Variant(s) | Khmelʹnitskiy, Ukraine Khmelʹnytsʹkyy (Ukraine) Hmel'nickij (Ukraine) Chmielnicki (Ukraine) Khmelʹnitskiy (Ukraine) Khmelʹnit︠s︡kiĭ (Ukraine) Chmielnik (Ukraine) |
| See also | Proskuriv (Ukraine) |
| Found in | Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ, 1966. Phone call to BGN, 1/14/83 (Khmelʹnitskiy, Ukraine, ppl; 49°25ʹN, 27°00ʹE; earlier name Proskurov) Ḥurbn Prosḳuroṿ, 1923 or 1924: t.p. (Prosḳuroṿ) Ukraïna [MAP] 1992: (Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ; city in Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ) Geographic and global issues, Autumn 1993: p. 15 (old name: Khmelʹnitskiy; new name: Khmelʹnytsʹkyy) Russia and the newly independent nations of the former USSR [MAP] March, 1993: (Khmelʹnytsʹkyy) Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.: v. 12, p. 155 (Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ: until 1954 called Proskuriv; city and raĭon center of Khmelʹnyt︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ) Russia and post-Soviet republics [MAP]1992: (Hmel'nickij) Rosja i jej sa̜siedzi [MAP] 1993: (Chmielnicki) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 2, p. 474 (Khmelnytskyi; the capital of Khmelnytskyi oblast. Until 1954 it was called Proskuriv, when it was renamed in honor of B. Khmelnytsky. First mentioned in sources of 1493 as the Polish outpost of Ploskyriv (Polish: Płoskirów); it was fortified in the 16th cent. In 1780 the town was renamed Proskuriv. In 1793 it had come under Russian rule and by 1797 was a county center in Podilia gubernia. Under Soviet rule from 1920, it became an okruha center (1923-1930, 1935-1937) and then an oblast capital (in 1941 and 1944-1954 of Kamianets-Podilskyi oblast)) Sara's children, 2000: CIP t.p. (Chmielnik) |
| Geographic area code | e-un--- |
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