City Detail

Zhytomyr (Ukrainian: Жито́мир, romanized: Zhytomyr [ʒɪˈtɔmɪr]; Russian: Жито́мир, romanized: Zhitomir [ʐɨˈtomʲɪr]; Polish: Żytomierz [ʐɨˈtɔ.mjɛʂ]; Yiddish: זשיטאָמיר, romanized: Zhitomir; German: Schytomyr [ʒɪˈtɔmɪʁ]) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Zhytomyr Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion (district). The city of Zhytomyr is not a part of Zhytomyr Raion: the city itself is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast; moreover Zhytomyr consists of two so-called "raions in a city": Bohunskyi Raion and Koroliovskyi Raion (named in honour of Sergey Korolyov). Zhytomyr occupies an area of 65 square kilometres (25 square miles). Its population is 263,507 (2021 est.)Zhytomyr is a major transportation hub. The city lies on a historic route linking the city of Kyiv with the west through Brest.