Rivne
Rivne
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Rivne (
In the spring of 1919, it also served as a provisional seat of the Ukrainian government throughout the ongoing war with
Rivne is an important transportation hub, with the international
Names
- Russian: Ровно, romanized: Rovno, also the former spelling in Ukrainian until 1991[a]
- Polish: Równe
- Yiddish: ראָוונע
History
Middle Ages
Rivne was first mentioned in 1283 in the Polish annals "Rocznik kapituły krakowskiej"
In 1566 the town of Rivne became part of newly established
World War I
During
World War II
In 1939, as a result of the
On 28 June 1941 Rivne was invaded by the
On November 6–8, 17,500 Jewish adults from Rivne were shot to death or thrown alive into a large pit in a pine grove in Sosenki, and 6,000 Jewish children suffered the same fate at a nearby site.
On 2 February 1944, the city was captured by the Red Army in the Battle of Rivne, and remained under Soviet control until Ukraine regained its independence on the break-up of the USSR in 1991.
Post-war era
In 1958, a TV tower began broadcasting in the city; in 1969, the first
On 11 June 1991, the
In 1992, a 20,000-square-metre (4.9-acre) memorial complex was established at the site of the World War II massacre to commemorate the 17,500 Jews murdered there in November 1941 during
On 6 June 2012, the World War II Jewish burial site was vandalised, as part of an antisemitic attack.[10]
Russo-Ukrainian War
On March 14, 2022,
On June 25, 2022, 4 people were killed by a Russian missile attack in Sarny. Two more attacks in March and August 2022 hit the town, but the damage was not significant.
Population
Historical population dynamics of Rivne:[14]
Year | Population |
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1858 | 5 054 |
1897 | 24 573 |
1921 | 30 000 |
1939 | 43 000 |
1959 | 59 598 |
1967 | 100 000 |
1970 | 115 541 |
1979 | 178 956 |
1989 | 227 925 |
2001 | 248 813 |
2007 | 248 229 |
2012 | 250 174 |
2013 | 250 222 |
2021 | 245 289 |
2022 | 242 318 |
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[15]
Language | Number | Percentage |
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Ukrainian | 225 899 | 92.08% |
Russian | 18 346 | 7.48% |
Other or undecided | 1 078 | 0.44% |
Total | 245 323 | 100.00 % |
According to a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute in April–May 2023, 96% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, and 3% spoke Russian.[16]
Geography
Climate
Rivne has a moderate continental climate with cold, snowy winters and warm summers. Snow cover usually lasts from November until March.[17] The average annual precipitation is 598 mm (24 in) June and July being the wettest months and January and February the driest.
Climate data for Rivne, Ukraine (1991–2020, extremes 1951–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.4 (97.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
37.0 (98.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.9 (30.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
−32.6 (−26.7) |
−26.3 (−15.3) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−34.5 (−30.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28 (1.1) |
31 (1.2) |
33 (1.3) |
37 (1.5) |
66 (2.6) |
78 (3.1) |
99 (3.9) |
59 (2.3) |
55 (2.2) |
43 (1.7) |
34 (1.3) |
39 (1.5) |
602 (23.7) |
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 6 (2.4) |
7 (2.8) |
5 (2.0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.4) |
4 (1.6) |
7 (2.8) |
Average rainy days | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 149 |
Average snowy days | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 71 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
85.6 | 84.1 | 79.3 | 69.3 | 68.8 | 73.7 | 74.8 | 73.9 | 78.8 | 81.5 | 86.4 | 87.8 | 78.7 |
Source 1: Pogoda.ru[18] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: World Meteorological Organization (humidity and precipitation 1981–2010)[19] |
Industry
During Soviet times the provincial town was transformed into an industrial center of the republic. There were two significant factories built. The first was a machine building and metal processing factory capable of producing high-voltage apparatus, tractor spare parts and others. The other was a chemical factory and synthetic materials fabrication plant. Light industry, including a linen plant and a textile mill, as well as food industries, including milk and meat processing plants and a vegetable preservation plant, have also been built. In addition the city became a production center for furniture and other building materials. [citation needed]
Landmarks
As an important cultural center, Rivne hosts a humanities and a hydro-engineering university, as well as a faculty of the Kyiv State Institute of Culture,[citation needed] and medical and musical as well as automobile-construction, commercial, textile, agricultural and cooperative polytechnic colleges. The city has a historical museum.
Following the
Buildings
- Church of the Assumption (1756)
- Cathedral of the Intercession (2001)
- Cathedral of the Ascension (1890)
- A classicism-style gymnasium building (1839)
- During Soviet times the center of the city from Lenin street to Peace Avenue (1963 architects R.D. Vais and O.I. Filipchuk) was completely rebuilt with Administrative and Public buildings in neo-classical, Stalinist style.
Memorials
The following memorials are found in Rivne:[20]
- Monument to the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Rivne from the Fascists, Mlynivs'ke Highway
- Monument to the Victims of Fascism, Bila Street Square (1968, by A.I. Pirozhenko and B.V. Rychkov, architect-V.M.Gerasimenko)
- Bust on the Tomb of Partisan M. Strutyns'ka and Relief on the Tomb of Citizens S. Yelentsia and S. Kotiyevs'koho, Kniazia Volodymyra Street, Hrabnyk Cemetery
- Monument to the Perished of Ukraine, Magdeburz'koho Prava Plaza
- Communal Grave of Warriors, Soborna Street
- Monument of Eternal Glory, Kyivs'ka Street
- Monument to Taras Shevchenko, T.G. Shevchenko Park; Statue on Nezalezhnosti Plaza
- Memorial to Warriors' Glory, Dubens'ka Street, Rivne Military Cemetery (1975, by M.L. Farina, architect-N.A. Dolgansky)
- Monument to the Warrior and the Partisan, Peremohy Plaza (1948 by I.Ya. Matveenko)
- Monument to Colonel Klym Savura, Commander of the Ukrainian People's Army, Soborna Street
- Monument to Symon Petliura, Symon Petliura Street
- Monument to N.I. Kuznetsov(bronze and granite, 1961 by V.P Vinaikin)
- Monument to the Jewish Victims of the Holocaust - mass grave site (ca. 1991)
The memorial was desecrated on June 8, 2012, by breaking parts of it and sprayingswastikas. The teenagers in charge of the antisemitic action were caught and trialed.[21] - Monument to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, Simon Petliura Street
- Statue and Plaza dedicated to Maria Rivnens'ka, Soborna Street
Popular culture references
- In his memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness, Israeli author Amos Oz describes Rivne through the memories of his mother and her family, who grew up in the city before emigrating to Israel in the 1930s.[22]
- Rivne was mentioned several times in The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, a 1992 episode of the Canadian-American TV show Are You Afraid of the Dark?, being referred to by a variation of its pre-1991 name (either Ravno or Rovno).
- In Leonard Bernstein's operetta Candide, the character of The Old Lady sings an aria "I am easily assimilated", in which she refers to her father having been born in Rovno Gubernya
Notable people
- Anna Belfer-Cohen (born 1949), Israeli archaeologist and paleoanthropologist
- Dahn Ben-Amotz(1924–1989), Israeli radio broadcaster, journalist, playwright and author
- Ancestors of Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), the American composer include his father, Samuel, who was born in Berezdiv and his mother, Jennie, born in Sheptevoka in the Rovno region. In Bernstein's operetta Candide, the character of The Old Lady sings an aria, "I am easily assimilated", in which she refers to her father as having been born in Rovno Gubernya
- Zuzanna Ginczanka,(1917–1945), Polish poet of the interwar period.
- Erast Huculak (1930–2013), Canadian businessman, public figure and philanthropist
- Artem Kachanovskyi (born 1992), 2-dan professional Go player, three-time European Champion, Editor-in-chief of the European Go Journal.[23][24]
- Jan Kobylański (1923–2019), Polish-Paraguayan businessman, founder of the Union of Polish Associations and Organizations in Latin America
- Olga Kulchynska (born 1990), Ukrainian soprano opera singer
- social welfareadvocate
- Yuriy Lutsenko (born 1964), politician and Prosecutor General of Ukraine, 2016 to 2019
- Oksana Markarova (born 1976), Minister of Finance, 2018 to 2020 and diplomat
- Nazar Nebozhynskyi (1999–2022), Ukrainian athlete, soldier, Hero of Ukraine
- Natalya Pasichnyk (born 1971), Swedish-Ukrainian classical pianist, she lives in Stockholm
- Olga Pasichnyk (born 1968), Polish-Ukrainian classical soprano singer, she lives in Poland
- Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł (1914–1976) Polish nobleman, a scion of the House of Radziwiłł
- Shmuel Shoresh (1913–1981), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset from 1955 until 1969
- Boris Smolar (1897–1986), American journalist and newspaper editor
- Mira Spivak (born 1934), member of the Senate of Canada representing Manitoba
- Anna Walentynowicz (1929–2010), Polish free trade union activist and co-founder of Solidarity
- Brenda Weisberg (1900–1996), Russian-American screenwriter of monster movies, thrillers & family films
- pediatrician, medical geneticist and teratologistin the US
- Yaroslav Yevdokimov (born 1946), baritone singer.[25]
- Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891–1953), Russian Imperial and Ukrainian Soviet composer, pianist and teacher
- Yana Zinkevych (born 1995), Ukrainian member of parliament and military veteran
- Moishe Zilberfarb (1876-1934), Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and public activist
- Maksym Kryvtsov (1990–2024), Ukrainian poet, public figure, volunteer, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war
- Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko (1994–2023), Canadian civic activist, volunteer medic of Ukrainian origin, soldier of the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war
Sport
- Serhiy Honchar (born 1970), professional road racing cyclist
- Valencia BClegend, nicknamed "the Ukraine Train"
- Mykhailo Romanchuk (born 1996), swimmer, silver & bronze medallst at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Viktor Trofimov (1938–2013), former Soviet international speedway rider
- Alla Tsuper (born 1979), Ukrainian and Belarusian aerial skier and gold medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ancestors of BJJ Champion and ADCCChampion. His grandfather Stefan Szwec came from Rovno, village of Shpaniv to Brazil in 1926. Demian Maia’s grandmother, Eugenia Kirilchuk, also came from Rovno region.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Rivne is
- Vidin in Bulgaria
- Kobuleti in Georgia
- Oberviechtach in Germany
- Gdańsk in Poland
- Lublin in Poland
- Piotrków Trybunalski in Poland
- Radomsko County in Poland
- Zabrze in Poland
- Zvolen in Slovakia
- Federal Way in the United States[26]
- East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States
Sport
Rugby
- RC Rivne (1999)
Speedway
The Rivne Speedway Stadium hosts the speedway club Rivne Speedway.[27][28][29]
History
The stadium opened on 24 May 1959.[30] The venue has hosted significant speedway events including a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1962.[31][32] and 1991.
Gallery
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Prospect Miru (Peace Avenue)
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Soborna (Cathedral) Street
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Independence square with cinema and statue of Taras Shevchenko
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Railway terminal
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Saint Nicholas Monastery of Rivne
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Young Ukrainian mayor offers hope of a new politics Archived 2021-03-24 at the Wayback Machine UkraineAlert by Brian Mefford, Atlantic Council (22 March 2021)
- ^ Ukrainian parliament. 11 June 1991
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Про приведення назви міста Ровно і Ровенської області у відповідність до правил українського правопису". zakon.rada.gov.ua.
- ^ a b c d e f Bovhyria, A. Rivne (РІВНЕ) Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
- ^ a b c d e History of Rivne (Історія Рівне) Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Ukraine-in portal.
- ^ Burds, Jeffrey (2013). "Holocaust in Rovno: The Massacre at Sosenki Forest, November 1941" (PDF). www.jewishgen.org. p. 86. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ This Ukrainian City Was Once Home to a Vibrant Jewish Community. Now Its Grand Synagogue Is a Sports Hall, Haaretz
- ^ "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Rivne". Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance. Berlin, Germany: Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "В Ривне вандалы осквернили место массового расстрела евреев". MIG news.com.ua. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Атака на телевежу Рівненщини: підтверджено вже 20 загиблих, можливо, є шанси врятувати ще одну людину, - голова ОВА". LB.ua. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Удар по телевежі на Рівненщині: кількість загиблих зросла до 19". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Number of victims of missile strike on Rivne's TV tower grown to 19, removal of rubble continues – local authorities". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Cities & towns of Ukraine". pop-stat.mashke.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Municipal Survey 2023" (PDF). ratinggroup.ua. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Rivne, Ukraine Climate Data". Climatebase. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Погода и Климат – Климат Ровно [Weather and Climate – The Climate of Rivne] (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Рівне, план міста, 1:12000. Міста України. Картографія.
- ^ [1] Archived 25 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- ^ Oz, Amos, 2004, A Tale of Love and Darkness, pp. 132-190.
- ^ "European Pros - Artem Kachanovskyi". www.eurogofed.org. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "European Go Journal". eurogojournal.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Артист Ярослав Евдокимов рассказал «ОГ» о своих корнях Archived 2015-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Областная газета, 12 ноября 2013
- ^ "Federal Way welcomes Rivne, Ukraine as sister city". March 4, 2022. Retrieved Mar 18, 2022.
- ^ "Speedway Club". Rivne Speedway 1959. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Speedway Veterans Open Cup". Mogul Oil. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "ROVNO - Ukraine". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "1962 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "1962 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
Maps
- (in Ukrainian) Рівне, план міста, 1:12000. Міста України. Картографія.
- infomisto.com — map of the Rivne, information and reference portal.
External links
- Official website of Rivne City Council and Rivne City Administration Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- Rivne Bird webcam Archived 28 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- Rivne Places of Interest (in English)
- Rowno, a Memorial to the Jewish Community of Rowno, Volyn (Rivne, Ukraine) (in English)
- The Jewish Community of Rivne Archived 21 September 2020 at the The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot(in English)
- Rivne, Ukraine at JewishGen