Travel, Житомир, Украина. Zhytomyr , City of Ukraine.

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Ukrainian city Zhytomyr, It lies along the Teteriv River where it runs between high, rocky banks. Zhytomyr is believed to date from the 9th century, but the first record is from 1240, when it was sacked by the Tatars. For long a major trade focus and a seat of provincial government, modern Zhytomyr became an important junction where the main rail and road routes westward from Kiev are crossed by north-south routes. Its industries have included the processing of wood for furniture and flax for linen, as well as the production of synthetic fibres. Musical instruments, notably accordions, are a specialty. Zhytomyr has agricultural and teacher-training institutes.
Today Zhytomyr is a major industrial and transportation center. Its chief industries are machine building and metalworking industry; they include the Elektrovymiriuvach instrument manufacturing consortium, the Avtozapchastyna automobile-parts plant, and the automatic machine-tool plant. The largest enterprises of light industry are the Zhytomyr Linen Manufacturing Complex and clothing, footwear, and hosiery factories. The food industry consists of large meat-packing, confectionery, flour-milling, baking, distilling, and brewing enterprises. There are several building-materials manufacturers, a synthetic-fabrics plant, and a paper factory. The woodworking industry manufactures furniture (see Zhytomyr Furniture Manufacturing Complex), musical instruments, toys, and souvenirs. The city's educational facilities include five higher educational institutions, eg, Zhytomyr State University, Zhytomyr National University of Agriculture and Ecology, Zhytomyr State Technological University, 9 specialized secondary schools, and 10 vocational schools. There are several scientific research institutes, such as the Institute of Hop Growing. Besides the Zhytomyr Regional Studies Museum there are literary memorial museum dedicated to Vladimir Korolenko (see Korolenko museums) and a memorial museum devoted to Serhii Korolov. The cultural facilities include an art gallery, a puppet theater, the Zhytomyr Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater, and a philharmonic society. The chief architectural monuments are the Jesuit monastery, a Roman Catholic church (1744), Saint Sophia Cathedral (1737–51), the Transfiguration Cathedral (1866–74), the city hall (1789), and the circuit court (1898, now the National University of Agriculture and Ecology).
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