Title: City Chervonohrad. Status: City of regional subordination in Sokal district of Lviv region. Location: The city is located in Nadbuzhans'ka basin, at the river Western Bug in the north of the Lviv region, 73 km from Lviv. Area: 23 sq. km. Population: about 68,000 inhabitants. Rivers: Western Bug, Solokiya. Year of foundation: 1692. Historical note: The city was founded in 1692 by Polish magnate Felix Kazimierz Potocki (voivod of Krakow and crown hetman of Poland), who named the new town after his wife Christina (nee - Lubomirs'ka, 1661-1699). The city was called Krystynopil until 1956. Grandson of the founder Franz Salezy Potocki built a palace, around which wooden private houses were built. The owner of the city had his own army, which consisted of infantry, cavalry and artillery. Next to the palace of Potocki the St. Dukha church and the Bernardine Monastery were built, which were close to the architecture of the palace complex. At the expense of the owner of the city the St. Yury church and the Basilian monastery were also built. In 1772 Krystynopil, like the rest of Galicia, became part of Austria. Potocki left the city soon, and it came into the possession of the Austrian government. In 1878 the highway Zholkva-Krystynopil was built, and in 1884 - the railway Rava-Rus'ka-Krystynopil-Sokal. In the interwar period Krystynopil was located within Poland. On February 15, 1951 the city together with the adjacent territory was handed over to the Soviet Union on the basis of corresponding intergovernmental agreement. In return, on June 3, 1951 Poland received Ustshiky-Dolne (Ustrzyki Dolne) and territories in the Bieszczady (Ustriky district of Drohobych area). Cause of an exchange of territories was the presence of coal deposits in the area of Krystynopil, which were exchanged for oil and gas territory of Ustryky area. That coal mining became the foundation of a new Chervonohrad. The city was rebuilt in place of Krystynopil and villages Novyi Dvir and Klyusiv. In 2001 Chervonohrad was listed as one of historic residential areas of Ukraine. Main attractions: the branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion (Potocki Palace), the St. Dukha Church (the St. Vladimir church), the Basilian St. Yury monastery. Source of information: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Червоноград