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3 unusual facts about Iziaslav


Battle of Zieleńce

The victorious Polish army stayed on battlefield until evening and, thereafter, withdrew to Zasław.

Dmytro Chygrynskiy

Chygrynskiy was born in Iziaslav, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.

Shepetivka

And at the end of the 18th century it became part of Iziaslav county, Volhynian Governorate.


Anthony of Kiev

Before he could do so, Iziaslav's brother, Sviatoslav, arranged for Anthony to be secretly taken to Chernigov.

In time, the first official abbot of the monastery, Barlaam of Kiev, was called by Iziaslav to head a new monastery, St. Demetrios, which had been built at the gates of the city.

Bernardine Monastery, Iziaslav

In 1910 died the last monk of Bernard Order in Iziaslav; it was only in 1914 when bernardines managed to come back to their abode.

Horyn River

Cities and towns located on the river are: (UKR): Iziaslav, Slavuta, Netishyn, Ostroh, Dubrovytsia, and (BEL): Rechytsa, Stolin.

Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II Mstislavich (Изяслав II Мстиславич in Russian; c. 1097 – 13 November 1154), Prince of Pereyaslav (1132), Prince of Turov (1132–1134), Prince of Rostov (1134– ), Prince of Vladimir and Volyn (1134–1142), Pereyaslavl (1143–1145), Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1146–1149 and 1151–1154), was the oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' (Prince of Novgorod), and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden.

Józef Paczoski

Paczoski was born on 8 December 1864 in Byalohorodka near Iziaslav in Volhynia, and died on 14 February 1942 in Sierosław near Poznań, Poland.


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