Khmelnitskii

Khmelnitsky ( Ploskirov , Ploskirovets , until 1954 . -R. Proskurov ) regional center of Ukraine , Podolia Center , located on the river Southern Bug. The first information about the existence of the city dates back to 1431g . When the documents of the Polish Office refers to a settlement called Ploskirovtsy .

Until the second half of XVIII century Ploskirov developed as a small provincial town , where living and working artisans , and craftsmen.

With the shift in ownership of one of the most famous Polish Families Zamoyski , Ploskirov gradually turned into an important trade and craft center in the region , famous for its carpet weaving .

After 1795, when Podolia passed to Russia and was founded Podolsk province , was renamed in Ploskirov Proskurov and headed one of the counties.

After the commissioning of the railway in 1870 Zhmerynka - Proskurov - Volochisk significantly quickened the economic life of the city, he began to develop intensively .There are building industries - tobacco factory, sugar factory , iron foundry, brick , brewery .

Proskurov becomes the largest shopping center Podolia . Shopping and credit institutions serving the city of a large region, especially the important role played Proskurov in the export trade in grain.

specializes in wholesale of the city are still preserved . Today in the town is a wholesale market Tolkuchka or cloud, which is the third in Europe in terms of sales .

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