Novohrad-Volynskyi
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Novohrad-Volynskyi is a city
City
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 in the Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 22, 1937....

 (province
Oblast
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) of northern Ukraine
Ukraine
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. Serving as the administrative center
Capital City
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 of the Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion
Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion
Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion is a raion of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Narodychi. The raion covers an area of 1284 square kilometres and as of 2011 it had a population of 9,666 people....

 (district
Raion
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), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.

The town is best known as the birthplace of Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka better known under her literary pseudonym Lesya Ukrainka , was one of Ukraine's best-known poets and writers and the foremost woman writer in Ukrainian literature. She also was a political, civil, and female activist....

, famous Ukrainian poet.

The current estimated population is around 56,000 (as of 2001).

Twin towns / sister cities

Novohrad-Volynskyi is twinned
Town twinning
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 with: Łomża, Poland
Poland
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 Rēzekne
Rezekne
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, Latvia
Latvia
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 Suomussalmi
Suomussalmi
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, Finland
Finland
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 Dolyna
Dolyna
Dolyna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Dolyna Raion .The current estimated population is around 20,900.-History:...

, Ukraine
Ukraine
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 Surami
Surami
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, Georgia
Georgia (country)
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 Rahachow
Rahachow
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, The Republic of Belarus
Belarus
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 Kursk
Kursk
Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...

, Russia
Russia
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