Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Вінниця | |
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View of the city Academic Music-Drama Theater | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Pearl of Podilia | |
Vinnytsia Vinnytsia | |
| Coordinates: 49°14′N 28°29′E / 49.233°N 28.483°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Vinnytsia Oblast |
| Raion | Vinnytsia Raion |
| Hromada | Vinnytsia urban hromada |
| Founded | 1363 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serhiy Morhunov (Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman) |
| Area | |
• City | 140 km2 (54 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2026) | |
• City | 430,091 |
| • Density | 3,290/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6,642 |
| Time zones | UTC+2 |
| UTC+3 | |
| Postal code | 21000- |
| Area code | +380 432 |
| Sister cities | Birmingham, Kielce, Peterborough, Bursa, Panevėžys, Bat Yam, Karlsruhe, Nancy |
| Website | vmr |
Vinnytsia (/ˈvɪnɪts(j)ə, ˈviːn-/ VIN-it-s(y)ə, VEEN-; Ukrainian: Вінниця, IPA: [ˈwinːɪtsʲɐ] ⓘ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast in Ukraine. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also serves as the administrative center of Vinnytsia Raion, one of the six raions of Vinnytsia Oblast. It has a population of 430,091 (as of January 1, 2026).
The city's roots date back to the Middle Ages. It was under Lithuanian and Polish control for centuries. From 1653 to 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.