Ostropol also known as Staryy Ostropil, is a small town on the Sluch River located in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Oblast is an oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Khmelnytskyi.The current estimated population is around 1,401,140 .-Geography:...

 about 133 miles (222 km) WSW of Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It is located at latitude 49°48' N, longitude 27°34' E and is situated at an altitude of 742.5 feet (225 m). The town of Lyubar is 11.1 miles (18.5 km) from Ostropol.

Ostropol was an important Jewish center in the 17th century.

The hero of Jewish humor

Jewish humor

Jewish humour is the long tradition of humour in Judaism dating back to the Torah and the Midrash from the ancient mid-east, but generally refers to the more recent stream of verbal, self-deprecating, crude, and often anecdotal humour originating in Eastern Europe and which took root in the United...

, Hershele Ostropoler

Hershele Ostropoler

Hershele Ostropoler, also known as Hershel of Ostropol, is a prominent figure in Jewish humor, and the Jewish equivalent of Nasreddin and Till Eulenspiegel. Hershele was a prankster who lived in poverty and targeted the rich and powerful, both Jew and Gentile. Common folks were not safe from his...

, was from that town.

There are two cemeteries, one across the street from the other. Both are in a dilapidated condition.

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• MAPS OF UKRAINE Click "Map covering area around Krasyliv
  Krasyliv
  Krasyliv is a city in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. It is located at around ....
  
   and Starokostyantyniv".