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Novohrad-Volynskyi (Ukrainian: Новогра́д-Воли́нський, romanized: Novohrád-Volýnsʹkyj, pronounced [nowoˈɦrɑd woˈlɪnʲsʲkɪi̯]; Russian: Новогра́д-Волы́нский, romanized: Novográd-Volýnskij) or Zviahel (Ukrainian: Звягель, romanized: Zviahel, pronounced [ˈzwjɑɦelʲ]; Russian: Звягель, romanized: Zviagel; Yiddish: זוויל‎ translit. Zvil; Polish: Zwiahel) is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Originally known as Zviahel, the city was renamed to Novohrad-Volynskyi in 1795 after annexation of territories of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Russian Empire soon after the third Partition of Poland. On 16 June 2022 city council renamed the city again to Zviahel.