BK Iskra Svit is a Slovak professional basketball club that is based in Svit, Slovakia.
In the former Czechoslovakia, all industrial cities founded or reconstructed by the Bata Shoes company (Zlín, Svit, Partizánske) were at least influenced by the conception of the Garden city.
It was established in 1934 by business industrialist Jan Antonín Baťa of Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) through his organization Baťa a.s., Zlin in accordance with his policy of setting up villages around the country for his workers.
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Champagne production was introduced into Novyi Svit by a local landowner, Prince Lev Golitsyn, in the late 19th century.