Title: Lypovets City Status: The administrative center of Lypovets District. Location: Located on the River Sib, 40 km east of Vinnytsia. Population: 8500 thousand people Area: 10.33 square meters. km. Waterways: River Sib Founded: 1545 Historical note: Appeared in 14. after the Union of Lublin in 1569, entered into the possession of princes Ostrozhskyi. In the early 17 century. J. Ostrozhskyi Lypovets castle built. At the same time the city received Magdeburg rights. In 17. the city became the property of the Zaslavskyi's. In 1651 under the walls of the Lypovets castle troops B. Khmelnitskyi routed the Polish army Hetman M. Kalinovskyi, resulting in the siege of Vinnytsia, which was blocked by a detachment of Colonel Bogun. In retaliation, the Poles burned the city down. Top 20. Lypovets was a classic Jewish town. In 1941, under Lypovets Soviet troops the Germans inflicted one of the first counter-attacks, was defeated Slovak motobrigada. Sightseeing: Intercession Church.