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Coordinates: 49°32′N 26°52′E / 49.53°N 26.87°E / 49.53; 26.87
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Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Хмельницька область
Oblast
Khmelnytska oblast[1]
Flag of Khmelnytskyi oblast
Flag
Coat of arms of Khmelnytskyi oblast
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Хмельниччина (Khmelnychchyna)
Coordinates: 49°32′N 26°52′E / 49.53°N 26.87°E / 49.53; 26.87
Country Ukraine
Established22 September 1937
Administrative centerKhmelnytskyi
Government
 • GovernorSerhii Tiurin[2]
 • Oblast council84 seats
 • ChairpersonVioleta Labazyuk[3]
Area
 • Total
20,645 km2 (7,971 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 19th
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • Total
Decrease 1,228,829
 • RankRanked 14th
GDP
[5]
 • Total₴ 120 billion
(€3.1 billion)
 • Per capita₴ 96,964
(€2,500)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
29000-31999
Area code+380-38
ISO 3166 codeUA-68
Vehicle registrationвх, нх
Raions3
Cities (total)13
• Regional cities4
Urban-type settlements24
Villages1416
HDI (2022)0.722[6]
high
FIPS 10-4UP09
NUTS statistical regions of UkraineUA53
Websiteadm-km.gov.ua

Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Хмельницька область, romanized: Khmelnytska oblast), also known as Khmelnychchyna (Ukrainian: Хмельниччина), is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Khmelnytskyi. The current estimated population is around 1,228,829 (2022 estimate).[4]

Created in 1937 out of border okrugs of Vinnytsia Oblast, in 1941–44 it was under Nazi Germany occupation and part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Wolhynien und Podolien general district). Following the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket in spring of 1944 as part of the Proskurov-Chernovtsy operation, Soviet troops removed the German occupation in the region. Until 4 February 1954 it was called Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Кам'янець-Подільська область, romanized: Kamianets-Podilska oblast) and was centered in Kamianets-Podilsky until 1941. The region rebranding took place after the official renaming of the region's administrative center to Khmelnytskyi.

Geography

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Khmelnytskyi Oblast has a total area of 20,600 km2 (7,953.70 sq mi) (3.4% of the total area of Ukraine) and is located between 48°27' and 50°37' north latitude and between 26°09' and 27°56' east longitude. It is 220 km (136.70 mi) long when measured from north to south, and is 120 km (74.56 mi) in length when measured from east to west. It is associated with a historical region of Podolia, yet in reality its territory is split almost in half, the northern in Volhynia, and the southern in Podolia. Its Volhynian region contains smaller cities like Iziaslav, Starokostiantyniv, Shepetivka, while its Podolian portion more developed cities of Khmelnytskyi and Kamianets-Podilskyi.

The oblast borders the Rivne Oblast to the northwest, the Zhytomyr Oblast to the northeast, the Vinnytsia Oblast to the east, the Chernivtsi Oblast to the south, and the Ternopil Oblast to the west.

Elevations

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The Podolian Upland (270–370 meters above sea-level) occupies the central area of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. The northwestern areas of the oblast are part of the Volyn highland (highest point — 329 m above sea-level), while to the north, the oblast claims a part of the historic region of Polissia (highest point — 200–250 m above sea-level). The southwestern territory of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast is crossed by the Tovtry range (Ukrainian: Товтровий кряж, romanized: Tovtrovyi kriazh), which includes Mount Velyka Buhaikha (Ukrainian: Велика Бугаїха), the highest point of the oblast at 409 m above sea-level. The extreme south of the oblast has a surface with canyon-like river valleys. The Dniester Reservoir located there is the lowest point of the oblast (121 m above sea level).

Rivers and Lakes

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There are 120 rivers with a length of 10 km (6.21 mi) or more in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast. The largest of these are the Dniester River (which flows for 160 km (99.42 mi) within the oblast), as well as its tributaries: Smotrych, Ushytsia, and the Zbruch — and the Southern Buh River (which flows for 120 km (74.56 mi) within the oblast), as well as its tributaries: Buzhok, Ikva, and Vovk. The rivers of the Dnieper River's basin — Horyn, Khmora, and Sluch Rivers also run through the oblast. The oblast's lakes are located mostly in basin of the Horyn River. The largest reservoir in the oblast is the Dniester Reservoir.

There are 1858 ponds and/or reservoirs in the oblast. The largest of these include Shchedrivske (with a surface area of 12.58 km2 (4.86 sq mi)), Novostavske (with a surface area of 11.68 km2 (4.51 sq mi)), and Kuzmynske (with a surface area of 7.65 km2 (2.95 sq mi)).

History

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Historic administrative affiliation of the area:

Khmelnytskyi Oblast was created on September 22, 1937, as the Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Кам'янець-Подільськa область, romanized: Kamianets-Podilska oblast) out of border okruhas (Proskuriv and Kamianets-Podilskyi) of the Vinnytsia Oblast.

In March 1941 the administrative center of the oblast was moved from Kamianets-Podilskyi to the city of Proskuriv. During the World War II the territory was part of another administrative division (General District Wolhynien und Podolien, see Reichskommissariat Ukraine), but after liberation from the Nazi Germany, Khmelnytskyi Oblast was reinstated in its original borders. In 1954, Proskuriv was renamed Khmelnytskyi (in honour of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi), and soon afterward, the oblast was renamed to Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukrainian: Хмельницька область, romanized: Khmelnytska oblast).

Administrative divisions

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Main article: Administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast

The oblast is subdivided into 3 raions (administrative districts). It consists of 13 cities, 24 towns, and more than 1,417 villages.

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast:

The local administration of the oblast is controlled by the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council. The governor of the oblast is the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.

The Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle. The bastion on the right was guarding the bridgehead leading to the fortress. In the far right the "New Castle" is visible.

Demographics

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Khmelnytskyi Oblast's population is 1,401,140 as of January 1, 2004. As of 2002, the oblast ranks 13th by population in Ukraine. The population density is 69.5/km2.

Pensioners make up 453,800 thousand people or 31,7% of population. The birth rate per 1,000 residents is 8.3, and the death rate — per 1000 residents – 16.1.[7] The urban population, according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census data, accounted for 729,600 people, or 51%, and the rural population — for 701,200 people, or 49%.[8]

According to the data, the number of men accounted for 659,900 people, or 46.1%, that of women — 770,900 people, or 53.9%.

Language

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See also: Languages of Ukraine
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Ukrainian was the native language for over 95% of Khmelnytskyi Oblast’s population: it was the dominant language in all of the city, town, and village councils of the oblast.

Due to the Russification of Ukraine during the Soviet era, the share of Ukrainian-speakers in the population of Khmelnytskyi Oblast gradually decreased between the 1970 and 1989 censuses, while the share of Russian-speakers increased.[9] Native language of the population of Khmelnytskyi Oblast according to the results of population censuses:[10][11][12][13][14][15]

1959 1970 1979 1989 2001
Ukrainian 89.4% 93.1% 92.3% 91.3% 95.2%
Russian 5.7% 5.8% 6.9% 8.0% 4.1%
Other 4.9% 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7%

Native language of the population of the raions and cities of Khmelnytskyi Oblast according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[16]

Ukrainian Russian
Khmelnytskyi Oblast 95.2% 4.1%
City of Khmelnytskyi 88.4% 10.4%
City of Kamianets-Podilskyi 91.2% 7.1%
City of Netishyn 87.7% 11.4%
City of Slavuta 92.3% 7.2%
City of Shepetivka 93.5% 5.7%
City of Starokostiantyniv 92.0% 7.5%
Bilohiria Raion 99.0% 0.8%
Vinkivtsi Raion 97.2% 2.6%
Volochysk Raion 98.5% 1.3%
Horodok Raion 98.5% 1.0%
Derazhnia Raion 98.2% 1.4%
Dunaivtsi Raion 98.4% 1.3%
Iziaslav Raion 97.0% 2.8%
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 98.6% 1.2%
Krasyliv Raion 98.4% 1.4%
Letychiv Raion 98.2% 1.5%
Nova Ushytsia Raion 96.5% 3.3%
Polonne Raion 98.4% 1.4%
Slavuta Raion 98.8% 1.1%
Starokostiantyniv Raion 98.6% 1.1%
Stara Syniava Raion 98.7% 0.8%
Teofipol Raion 98.9% 0.8%
Khmelnytskyi Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 95.8% 2.0%
Chemerivtsi Raion 99.1% 0.8%
Shepetivka Raion
(in pre-2020 borders)		 97.9% 1.7%
Yarmolyntsi Raion 98.1% 1.5%

Ukrainian is the only official language on the whole territory of Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[17]

According to a poll conducted by Rating from 16 November to 10 December 2018 as part of the project «Portraits of Regions», 85% of the residents of Khmelnytskyi Oblast believed that the Ukrainian language should be the only state language on the entire territory of Ukraine. 8% believed that Ukrainian should be the only state language, while Russian should be the second official language in some regions of the country. 3% believed that Russian should become the second state language of the country. 4% found it difficult to answer.[18]

On 15 June 2022, a moratorium on the public use of Russian-language cultural products was imposed in Khmelnytskyi Oblast by a decision of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Council.[19]

In 2023, Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration approved the «Programme of development and functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language in all spheres of public life in Khmelnytskyi Oblast for 2023—2025», the main purpose of which is to strengthen the position of the Ukrainian language in various spheres of public life in the oblast.[20][21]

According to the research of the Content Analysis Centre, conducted from 15 August to 15 September 2024, the topic of which was the ratio of Ukrainian and Russian languages in the Ukrainian segment of social media, 88.8% of posts from Khmelnytskyi Oblast were written in Ukrainian (86.0% in 2023, 77.9% in 2022, 41.8% in 2020), while 11.2% were written in Russian (14.0% in 2023, 22.1% in 2022, 58.2% in 2020).[22][23]

After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, as well as Ukraine as a whole, experienced a gradual Ukrainization of the education system, which had been Russified[24] during the Soviet era. Dynamics of the ratio of the languages of instruction in general secondary education institutions in Khmelnytskyi Oblast:[25][26][27][28][29][30][31]

Language of instruction,
% of pupils		 1991—
1992		 1992—
1993		 1993—
1994		 1994—
1995		 1995—
1996		 2000—
2001		 2005—
2006		 2007—
2008		 2010—
2011		 2012—
2013		 2015—
2016		 2018—
2019		 2021—
2022
[32]		 2022—
2023
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Ukrainian 81.5% 84.1% 87.3% 89.7% 92.0% 98.0% 99.3% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.7% 99.90% 99.74%
Russian 18.5% 15.9% 12.7% 10.3% 8.0% 2.0% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% — —

According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in the 2023—2024 school year, of the 135,705 pupils in general secondary education in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, 135,475 (99.83%) were studying in classes where Ukrainian was the language of instruction, while 230 (0.17%) were studying in classes where Polish was the language of instruction.[34]

Age structure

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0-14 years: 15.1% Increase (male 101,597/female 95,783)
15-64 years: 68.5% Decrease (male 435,464/female 463,058)
65 years and over: 16.4% Decrease (male 69,479/female 145,420) (2013 official)

Median age

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total: 40.4 years Increase
male: 37.1 years Increase
female: 43.6 years Steady (2013 official)

Economy

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The economy of the oblast mostly deals with the energy industry, transport and agriculture. The oblast is situated at a historical crossroad of the railway and highway routes connecting Central Europe to Black Sea coast and Russia (with the city of Shepetivka being the most important railway junction). The Khmelnyts’ka nuclear power plant in the city of Netishyn is the most important industrial company of the oblast. Notable machinery, armament and chemical industries are also present.

Attractions

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Nomenclature

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Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their administrative center cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Khmelnytskyi is the center of the Khmelnyts’ka oblast’.

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See also

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References

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  33. ^ 256 students (0.26%) received general secondary education in Polish.
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