Zhytomyr

Zhytomyr (Ukrainian: Жито́мир, Russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir, Polish: Żytomierz, Yiddish: זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir, German: Schytomyr, Shytomyr, Schitomir, Shitomir) is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion (district). Note that the city of Zhytomyr is not a part of the 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": the Bohunskyi raion and the Koroliovskyi raion (named in honour of Sergey Korolyov). Zhytomyr is located at around 50°16′N 28°40′E / 50.267°N 28.667°E / 50.267; 28.667, occupying an area of 65 km2 (25 sq mi).