Place:Volodymyr-Volyns'kyĭ, Volodymyr-Volyns'kyi, Volyn, Ukraine

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NameVolodymyr-Volyns'kyĭ
Alt namesLodomeriasource: Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 348
Vladimirsource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Vladimir in Volhyniasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Vladimir-Volynsksource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 359
Vladimir-Volynskisource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Vladimir-Volynskijsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-187
Vladimir-Volynskiysource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 359
Volodymyr-Volynskysource: Wikipedia
Volodymyr-Volynskyisource: Wikipedia
Włodzimierzsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 1001
Володимир-Волинськийsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates50.85°N 24.333°E
Located inVolodymyr-Volyns'kyi, Volyn, Ukraine     (700 - )
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Volodymyr (from 1944 to 2021 Volodymyr-Volynskyi) is a small city located in Volyn Oblast, in north-western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Volodymyr-Volynskyi Raion and the center of Volodymyr hromada. The city is the historic centre of the region of Volhynia and the historic capital of the Principality of Volhynia. It is one of the oldest cities of Ukraine and Kyiv Rus'.

The medieval Latin name of the town "Lodomeria" became the namesake of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , of which the town itself was not a part. south from Volodymyr is Zymne, where the oldest Orthodox Monastery in Volynia is located.

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