Zolochiv

Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів, Polish: Złoczów, Yiddish: זלאָטשאָוו‎, Zlotchov) is a small city of district significance in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, the administrative center of Zolochiv Raion. The city is located 60 kilometers east of Lviv along highway H02 Lviv-Ternopil and the railway line Krasne-Ternopil. Population: 24,074 (2013 est.). Area — 11,64 km².

History

The site was occupied from AD 1180 under the name Radzicze until the end of the 13th century when a wooden fort was constructed. This was burned in the 14th century during the invasion of the Crimean Tatars.

In 1442 the city was founded as Zolochiv, by John of Sienna, a Polish nobleman of the Dębno family, Although the first written mention of Zolochiv was in 1423.

By 1523 it was already a city of Magdeburg rights.

Zolochiv was incorporated as a town on 15 September 1523 by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. Located in the Ruthenian Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to several noble families.

Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast

Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів) is a town in Zolochivskyi Raion. It is situated in the Kharkiv Oblast. It has a population of 10,500. The first building was built in 1879.

Coordinates: 50°17′00″N 35°58′12″E / 50.28333°N 35.97000°E / 50.28333; 35.97000