Shumsk
City in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
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::summary City in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shumsk |
| native_name | Шумськ |
| native_name_lang | uk |
| settlement_type | City |
| image_skyline | File:Church of Transfiguration, Shumsk 2.jpg |
| image_caption | Church of Transfiguration |
| image_flag | Flag of Shumsk.svg |
| image_shield | Shumsk gerb.png |
| pushpin_map | Ukraine |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Oblast |
| subdivision_name1 | Ternopil Oblast |
| subdivision_type2 | Raion |
| subdivision_name2 | Kremenets Raion |
| established_title | First mentioned |
| established_title1 | Magdeburg rights |
| leader_title | City Mayor |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_total | 5100 |
| population_as_of | 2025 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +2 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +3 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| subdivision_type3 | Hromada |
| subdivision_name3 | Shumsk urban hromada |
| :: |
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Until 18 July 2020, Shumsk was the administrative center of Shumsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Shumsk Raion was merged into Kremenets Raion.
Etymology
The name "Shumske" was officially used starting in 1944 when Shumske lost its city status but became the center of a newly formed district due to the division of the former Kremenets County in Volyn Voivodeship of Poland. On September 17, 1939, as part of Western Ukraine, Shumske was annexed by the Soviet Union's forces following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
The name "Shumske" never took hold, and people continued to use the ancient name "Shumsk," which was restored by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 1999 in honor of Shumske's 850th anniversary.
Gallery
File:Church of the Immaculate Conception, Shumsk 2.jpg|Church of the Immaculate Conception File:Shumsk pioner.jpg|Monument to Vasyl Shyshkovskyi, demolished in 2017 File:Вигляд Шумського.jpg|Skyline of Shumsk in 1938
Notable people
- Konstantin Igelström (1799–1851), Russian noble and Decembrist
- Jan Savitt (1907–1948), American bandleader
- Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł (1702–1762), Polish-Lithuanian noble, owner of Shumsk.
- Nikolay Soltys (1974–2002), Ukrainian (with American refugee status) family annihilator and former fugitive on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
References
References
- "Шумская городская громада". Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- (2020-07-18). "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.".
- "Нові райони: карти + склад". Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- "Історія міста Шумськ {{!}} Шумська громада, Тернопільська область, Кременецький район".
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