Following the treaty of Andrusovo, the city of Zhytomyr (Polish: Zytomierz) continued to act as an administrative center of the Kyiv Voivodeship.

[8] They were completely repulsed when the Narodychi settlement hromada [be; uk] (where Russian forces had been dug in from the opening of the offensive in late February 2022) was declared liberated on 4 April 2022.

Among the points of interest it is important to mention the following sites that were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine: The Museum of Ukrainian home icons, which is the only one in Europe, is situated in Zhytomyr Oblast.

Zhytomyr Oblast is the most important center of the Polish minority in Ukraine, which numbers 49,000 locally.

The economy of Zhytomyr Oblast mostly deals with mining of granite and other construction stone, forestry, agriculture and various machinery manufacturing.