Regional center Chudnov on the river. Teterev is located 50 km south-west of Zhitomir in the direction of Khmelnytsky. Most likely, the name is associated with the surname of the Kiev boyar Chudin, but folk legends derive the toponym from the word "miracle". Allegedly, in the old days the city was miraculously managed to hold on to the attack of a many-thousand-strong Tatar horde, which is also reflected on the city's coat of arms - the shield depicts a castle with the hand of a knight with a saber raised above it. In 1471, in the lustration of the Kiev land, a small Chudnovsky castle with three cannons was mentioned, the ramparts of which back in the 19th century. were visible on one of the hills above the Teterev. Then the city belonged to the princes of Ostrog, then bec ...
Administrative status | city |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1416 |
Latitude | 50.053772 |
Longitude | 28.113598 |
Region | Zhytomyr |