Volochysʹk (Ukraine)
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- US Holocaust Memorial Museum catalog, 5 September 2014(Volochysʹk (Ukraine))
- Верховна Рада України web site, 5 September 2014(Регіони України та їх склад: Волочиськ, Хмельницька область, Волочиський район)
- GEOnet, 5 September 2014(Volochysʹk; PPLA2, 49°32ʹ15ʺN, 026°12ʹ56ʺE; Khmelʹnytsʹka Oblastʹ, Ukraine; variants: Волочиськ, Volochisk, Woloczysk)
- GEOnet, 23 February 2021(Volochysʹk, Approved; variants: Volochisk, Woloczysk, Волочиськ = Volochysʹk; populated place; Ukraine, Khmelnytska Oblast; 49° 32' 15" N, 26° 12' 56" E (49.537476, 26.215681); Unique Feature Identifier (UFI): -1058702; Unique Name Identifier (UNI): 9114953)
Volochysk (Ukrainian: Волочиськ, IPA: [woloˈtʃɪsʲk] ; Polish: Wołoczyska; Yiddish: וואָלאָטשיסק) is a small city located on the left bank of the Zbruch River in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Volochysk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population according to the 2001 census was 20958. Current population is 18,295 (2022 estimate). Located on the left bank of Zbruch, the city along with its vis-a-vis Pidvolochysk on the opposite bank of the river for almost 200 years was an important border checkpoint between Russia and the countries of the Central Europe. Volochysk is an important transport center. Railroads and highways of national importance go through the town. Volochysk is located on E50/ M 12 between Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi. In the city is located a train station which is a final stop of Southwestern Railways before continuing to territory of Lviv Railways.
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