8 Facts about Vinnytsia

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a. The largest railway junction of the country, a station in the form of a palace, is also located here.

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b. Citizens of Vinnytsia aren’t in a hurry and aren’t late.

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c. There are deposits of rare minerals here.

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d. The Vinnytsia region is the only one that borders on seven others regions.

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e. Vinnytsia public transport is better than that of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv.

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f. In the region there are more villages than in Kyiv.

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g. Vinnytsia region borders on seven countries.

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h. Vinnytchyna is the leader in processing livestock farming products.

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i. There is the largest in Europe floating fountain in Vinnytsia.

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j. Vinnytsia produces the biggest number of pencils and paints in Ukraine.

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k. Vinnytsia region boasts developed agriculture.

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Vinnytsia region is a unique land. Vinnytsia is a beautiful city!

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None of the regions has so many neighbours: Kirovograd, Cherkassy, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Odessa, Khmelnitsky and Chernivtsi regions. And still nearby there is Moldova.

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The unique wintering technology allows it to dive under the water with the onset of cold weather.

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1466 villages against 1127, to be precise.

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Koziatin’s got the most important train station of the South-Western Railway. The city railway station, which looks like a castle, is listed as an architectural monument and is one of the oldest in Ukraine. In addition, there is the largest structural subdivision of elevator company “Kusto Agro”, containing 40 000 tons of grain.

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In the region there is the only in Europe field of garnets. And also there are fluorites, which are at the stage of geological exploration and technical tests. In addition, here are 800 million tons of kaolin. It is used for the production of pencils, mineral paints, paper, perfumes, cement, ceramics, refractory bricks and much more.

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We produce a quarter of butter in Ukraine, a third of milk and a fifth of the meat.

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The city has excellent public transport. It carries 140 million passengers per year and works well on schedule. For a tourist, who has arrived into the city after the ever hurrying Kyiv, crowded Kharkiv or running Lviv, it may seem that people here live slowly and measuredly. In fact, they just do not rush, they know that they will not be late.

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According to the State Geocadastre, 1028.4 thousand hectares were leased in the region. Also the region collects the biggest amount of potatoes and sugar beets…

That’s the kind it is – Vinnychina. Here are hard-working people, fertile lands and a measured pace of life.