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Vinnytsia (also known by other names) is a city located on the banks of the Southern Buh River, in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Vinnytsia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Vinnytskyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and rests in the historic region of Podillia.
The current estimated population is 350,400.
Since the end of World War II, Vinnytsia has been the home for a major Air force base, including an airfield, a hospital, arsenals, and other military installations. The Ukrainian Air Force Command has been based in Vinnytsia since 1992.
Names
Vinnytsia is also known by a variety of other names, such as Vinnytsya, Vinnitsa (Russian) and Vinnica (Polish: Winnica). Some of these reflect names in foreign languages that have had historical influences on the city.
Geography
Vinnytsia is located about 260 km (160 mi) from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev (Kyiv), 429 km (267 mi) from the port city Odessa (Odesa), and 369 km (229 mi) from Lviv.
Climate
A long lasting warm summer with a sufficient quantity of moisture and a comparatively short winter is characteristic of Vinnytsia. The average temperature in January is -5.8 °C and 18.3 °C in July. The average annual precipitation is 638 mm.
Throughout the year, 6-9 days per year include snowstorms, 37-60 days of the year include mists during the cold period, and 3-5 days include thunder storms with hail.
History
Vinnytsia has been an important trade and political center since as early as the sixteenth century. More specifically, the city played a significant role during the Cossack wars as well as during World War II. Great Purge victims' graves were exhumed by the Germans in 1943.
Adolf Hitler sited his easternmost headquarters FHQ Wehrwolf near the town and spent a number of weeks there in 1942 and early 1943.
