Zbarazh

Zbarazh
Збараж
  • Clockwise from top: Bernadine Monastery
  • Palace in the Castle
  • Castle
  • Entrance Gate of the Castle
Flag of Zbarazh
Coat of arms of Zbarazh
Zbarazh is located in Ternopil Oblast
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Zbarazh
Location of Zbarazh in Ukraine
Zbarazh is located in Ukraine
Zbarazh
Zbarazh
Zbarazh (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 49°40′0″N 25°46′40″E / 49.66667°N 25.77778°E / 49.66667; 25.77778
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaZbarazh urban hromada
First mentioned1211
Area
 • Total
7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
13,346
 • Density1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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Zbarazh (Ukrainian: Збараж, IPA: [ˈzbɑrɐʒ]; Polish: Zbaraż; Yiddish: זבאריזש, romanizedZbarizh) is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Galicia. Zbarazh hosts the administration of Zbarazh urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 13,346 (2022 estimate).[2]

Zbarazh is one of the settings of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel With Fire and Sword (1884) in which he gives a detailed description of the famous Siege of Zbarazh. Notable Jewish residents included Rabbi Zev Wolf of Zbaraz, the singer Velvel Zbarjer and the author Ida Fink.

  1. ^ "Збаражская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ 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.