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Know Zhitomir. Part 1

Route Details

Route Distance

9.1 km

Route Duration

1 h 47 m

Route Points

Zhytomyr is one of the oldest Ukrainian cities. According to local legend, the city was founded around 884, and got its name from the name of its founder - the wife of the Kiev princes Askold and Dir - Zhytomyr, who refused to serve Oleg, hid in the forests and settled on a high rock at the merger of the year of Kamenka and Tetereya Va. Pavlo Josef Šafaryk, a famous Czech scholar and Slavist, argued that the ancient settlement — the future Zhytomyr — arose as the center of the Zhytychiv tribe, which was part of the tribal union of the Dravlans. The name of the city — the peace of the living, as well as the tribe itself, whose main occupation was farming, arose from the important culture in this region — rye. The first written mention of the city dates back to 1240. In 1444, Zhytomyr received Magdeburg law, and in 1667 it actually became the administrative center of the Kiev Voivodeship. In 1797, the city became the center of the newly created Volyn province. Today, Zhytomyr is the regional center of the region of the same name and a very interesting city, which is definitely worth getting acquainted with. It was here that Sergei Korolev was born - one of the founders of practical astronautics. So in the city there is a very interesting museum of Korolev and cosmonautics. You can see this museum, as well as other interesting sights - the former estate of the notary Filipov, the fire protection museum, the botanical garden of ZHNAEU, using this route.