Iziaslav or Izyaslav (, ), also known as Zaslav (, ; , ), is one of the oldest cities in Volhynia. Situated on the Horyn River in western Ukraine, the city dates back to the 11th century.Михайло Нікітенко. Знайдено давньоруський город на Волині // "Золоті ворота" № 3, 1994, с. 6-14; Його ж: До питання про літописний Ізяславль: нові археологічні дані. // Велика Волинь: минуле й сучасне. Хмельницький — Ізяслав — Шепетівка, 1994. с. 237—239 (in Ukrainian). Iziaslav belongs to Shepetivka Raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It hosts the administration of Iziaslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History Zaslav was first mentioned in 1390. It was a private town in Poland and part of the Volhynian Voivodeship. Starting from the 14th century was owned by the Ostrogski family, later being transferred to the Zasławski, and in 1673 to the Sanguszko family. In 1583 the city was granted Magdeburg city rights.
After the Partitions of Poland Iziaslav was part of the Russian Empire's Volhynian Governorate, and between 1796 and 1920 served as a district centre.
At the beginning of World War II, the town had a Jewish population representing 28% of the inhabitants. As soon as the Germans occupied the town, Jews were kept imprisoned in a ghetto and were later murdered in mass executions perpetrated by Einsatzgruppen.
Until 18 July 2020, Iziaslav was the administrative center of Iziaslav Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three. The area of Iziaslav Raion was merged into Shepetivka Raion.
Historical demographics of Iziaslav
Monuments Old Zaslav Castle New Zaslav Castle St. John's Cathedral Great Synagogue Church of St. Michael and Bernardine monastery Church of St. Joseph and Lazarists monastery Lazarists Hospital Sanguszko Palace Cloth Hall New Zaslav Synagogue
Gallery
Notable people Anatoliy Aleksandrov (born 1951), rector of the Bauman University, Moscow Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (born 1986), Ukrainian professional footballer (1838–1926), Polish historian (1696–1765), Italian-Polish Baroque architect Nathan ben Moses Hannover (17th century), Ruthenian Jewish historian, Talmudist, and kabbalist Bill Mazer (1920–2013), American television and radio personality (b. 1914 in Iziaslav; d. 1988 in the US), architect and artist Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), American actor (played Spock in Star Trek); parents born in Iziaslav, emigrated to Boston, USA Myroslav Popovych (1930–2018), Ukrainian philosopher Tzvi Tzur (1923–2004), Israeli officer, IDF Chief of Staff (1961–1963) Aleksander Zasławski (died 1629), Polish-Lithuanian noble, voivode of Bracław Władysław Dominik Zasławski (c. 1616–1656), Polish nobleman of Ruthenian stock, prince of the princely houses of Poland
References
External links
Zaslav in Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine Iziaslav Castle International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (Izyaslav, Ukraine) The murder of the Jews of Iziaslav during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.