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Mohyliv-Podilskyi (Ukrainian: Могилів-Подільський, Russian: Могилёв-Подольский, Polish: Mohylów Podolski, Romanian: Moghilǎu) is a city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It is located at around 48°27′0″N, 27°48′0″ECoordinates: 48°27′0″N, 27°48′0″E, on the border with Bessarabia, Moldova.
[edit] History
The first mention of the town dates from 1595. The owner of the town, Moldavian hospodar Ieremia Movilă bestowed it as a dowry gift to his daughter, who married into the Potocki family of Polish nobility. At that time, the groom named the town Mohyliv in honor of his father-in-law. In the first quarter of the XVIIth century, Mohyliv became one of the largest towns in Podolia.
[edit] Twin towns
