Zhmerynka (Ukrainian: Жмеринка, IPA: [ˈʒmɛrɪnkɐ] ⓘ) is a city in Vinnytsia Oblast, central Ukraine.
[3] The villages were annexed by Russia in the Second Partition of Poland (1793), and their names were Russified to Zhmerynka from the Polish Zmierzynka.
[4] With the fall of Tsarist Russia during World War I, in 1917, the town became part of the newly established Ukrainian People's Republic.
[4] Zhmerynka was occupied by the Romanian Army during the Second World War from 17 July 1941 until 20 March 1944 and incorporated into the Transnistria Governorate.
The City Assembly may approve or reject the urban development decrees, initiated by the local people, social groups and organizations.
There is the newly built St. Oleksandr Nevs'ky Orthodox Cathedral, which was made of the red bricks in 2005, in a central part of the city of Zhmerynka.
Presently, the Jewish people initiated an effort to collect the financial funds to build a new Synagogue in Zhmerynka.
[9] The initial project of the Zmerynka railway transportation hub was made by Carl von Meck, engineer in 1865.
[10] There is an FM radio-station: "Obriy", which transmits the local news and the music in Zhmerynka at 67.34 MHz.