From the history of Chervonograd

• In May 1685 the royal hetman, Kraków Voivode Feliks Kazimierz Potocki, bought himself a new piece of land on the Bug River. In 1692, he founded a city on the lands of the village "Novyi Dvir" (literally "New Garden", Polish: Nowy Dwór), which he named after his wife Krystyna Lubomirski (1661–1699). Potocki made Krystonopil' his family center. He died here on September 22, 1702. His grandson Franciszek Salezy Potocki built a palace and in 1763 founded a monastery of Basilians (barocco church of Saint George; prior to 1946 р. - miracle place with wonder icon of the Mother of God).

Citizens • It is known from the files that 153 citizens lived in Khrystynopil in 1784. The Rynok square was populated mainly by Jews. Shoemaking was the main trade of the local people. Not far from the Rynok square there were the largest worship buildings – those of Bernadyn and Vasylian monasteries.

Our town is rich in churches which are the history of our town.

• In the XVII century the advance of Poland was noticeable in the political and cultural life. In May 1685 the crown hetman of Rich Pospolyta Felix Kazymyr Pototsky – one of the richest Polish magnates – acquired the estate in the picturesque locality at the Western Bug. He began to build a stone palace. Since then a new palace became the centre of the estate. In 1692 Pototsky appealed the the King with the request to let the settlement and a new estate have a municipal right. Simultaneously the name Khrystynopil is mentioned for the first time. He named the town after his wife Khrystyna.

• Within the rule of Frantsyshek Pototsky this palace became a real creation of art. The combination of two styles baroque and early classicism was very interesting in the architectural form of the palace. A wonderful park with the water cascades behind the building should be mentioned here. The lime alley was planted near the park. It’s a pity that we can’t admire all those wonderful masterpieces nowadays.

• In 1890 there lived 3565 inhabitants: among them 287 Ukrainians, 556 Polish and 2722 Jews. Only 500 people could read and write in Khrystynopil at that time and 82% of the population was illiterate. The main trades were shoemaking and agriculture. In1951 Khrystynopil formed part of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic. Then the former Khrystynopil was forgotten and instead of it the history of a new mining town Chervonograd began.

Prepared by Solomia GevkoForm 9-B school №12 of Chervonograd