Novohrad-Volynskyi (historical spellings: Возвягель, Звяголь, Звягель, Звягаль; modern: Ukrainian: Новоград-Волинський, transliteration, Novohrad-Volyns’kyi, Russian: Новоград-Волынский, transliteration, Novograd-Volynsky, Yiddish: זוויל transliteration Zvil, Polish: Zwiahel) is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
The town is best known as the birth place of Lesya Ukrainka, famous Ukrainian poet.
The current estimated population is around 56,000 (as of 2001).
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
