who is buried in Shepetovka. Significant emigration from Shepetovka occurred between 1880 and 1925. During World War II, the Jewish population of Shepetovka was decimated. Hundreds of people were executed over the summer of 1941, and thousands more in the summer of 1942. Some Jews were evacuated to Uzbekistan and survived the war. Until 18 July 2020, Shepetivka was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and served as the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast to three, the city of Shepetivka was merged into Shepetivka Raion. Climate Local media There are several media types represented in Shepetivka: newspapers Shepetivsky Visnyk is a city district publication (founders - Shepetivka city and district councils, RSA, the editorial staff of the newspaper); circulation is up to 7800 copies per week; comes out twice a week Denʹ za dnem is a regional information-analytical weekly; weekly circulation — 7600 copies TV TV and Radio Company LLC Like TV (former Chance) radio editorial office of the city district radio broadcasting Notable residents Valentina Matviyenko, governor of Saint Petersburg, was born in Shepetivka Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist, composer, and Polish prime minister, lived near Shepetivka as a child Nikolai Ostrovsky, Soviet writer, the author How the Steel Was Tempered, lived here during his childhood and adolescent years Rabbis Pinchas of Korets lived about 30 miles from Shepetivka, but died and is buried in Shepetivka. Rabbi Simcha Sheps, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas grew up in Shepetivka (according to the Torah Vodaas Haggadah) Sergiy Klimovych, Hero of Soviet Union., was born and died in Shepetivka Valentin Kotyk, the youngest-ever Hero of Soviet Union. Aizik Vaiman, notable orientalist. Gallery References External links The murder of the Jews of Shepetivka during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. Shepetivsky Visnyk website Denʹ za dnem official website Like TV website Cities in Khmelnytskyi Oblast Volhynian Governorate Shtetls Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places established in 1594 Holocaust locations in Ukraine