Trostianets, Vinnytsia Oblast

Trostianets
Urban-type settlement
House of Culture

Coat of arms
Trostianets
Trostianets
Coordinates: 48°31′N 29°14′E / 48.517°N 29.233°E / 48.517; 29.233Coordinates: 48°31′N 29°14′E / 48.517°N 29.233°E / 48.517; 29.233
Country  Ukraine
Province  Vinnytsia Oblast
District Trostianets Raion
First mentioned 1598
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Trostianets (Polish: Trościaniec) is an urban settlement (town) in Vinnytsia Oblast (province), located in the historic region of Podolia. It is an administrative seat of Trostianets Raion. The town is located on the Trostianets River that is a tributary of the Southern Bug. Population: 7,818 (2015 est.)[1]

History

Historical affiliations

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1598–1672
 Ottoman Empire 1672–1699
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1699–1793
 Russian Empire 1793–1917
Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922
 Soviet Union 1922–1941
 Kingdom of Romania 1941–1944
 Soviet Union 1944–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

Trostianets is first mentioned in 1598. In the past it also was known as Adamhorod (Adamgrod). It was a private town of Poland, located in the Bracław Voivodeship, owned by the House of Potocki.


  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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