Location: Vinnytsia 🌎

Vinnytsia ( VIN-it-s(y)ə, VEEN-; Ukrainian: Вінниця, IPA: [ˈʋinːɪtsʲɐ] ; Yiddish: װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It also serves as an administrative center of Vinnytsia Raion, one of the 6 raions of Vinnytsia Oblast. It has a population of 369,739 (2022 est.). The city’s roots date back to the Middle Ages. It was under Lithuanian and Polish control for centuries. During 1653-1667, Vinnytsia was a regimental city of the Hetman state, and in 1793 it was ceded to the Russian Empire. During the 1930s and early 1940s the city was the site of massacres, first during Stalin’s purges and then during the Holocaust in Ukraine and the Nazi occupation. A Cold War–era airbase was located near the city. Currently, Vinnytsia is developing as one of the most comfortable cities for life in independent Ukraine.