TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia is traditionally considered to have been founded in 1363.
True. This is the conventional historical date used by the city.
TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia's history began only in the Middle Ages.
FALSE. Archaeological evidence indicates human settlement in the area much earlier.
TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia had electric trams before Kyiv.
False. Kyiv's electric tram system predates Vinnytsia's.
TRUE OR FALSE? There's a river running through Vinnytsia.
True. It's the Southern Bug.
TRUE OR FALSE? The famous water tower was originally built as a medieval castle.
False. It was connected with the city's early-20th-century water-supply system.
TRUE OR FALSE? The famous surgeon Mykola Pirogov lived and worked in the Vinnytsia area.
True
TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia is associated with composer Mykola Leontovych.
True. And Leontovych's “Shchedryk” became internationally famous.
TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia was once the capital of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
TRUE, with an important qualification: it served as a temporary capital during the Ukrainian Revolution.
TRUE OR FALSE? The Roshen Fountain is the largest floating fountain in Europe.
TRUE, according to its official project description.
TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia is associated with writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi.
True :)
TRUE OR FALSE? The city has an underground system similar to Kyiv's metro.
FALSE. It does have historical underground spaces, but no metro system.
TRUE OR FALSE? Vinnytsia has more than 100 museums in the city itself.
False.
