- This article is about town of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. For the same-named town in the Kharkiv Oblast of that country, see Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.
Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів; Polish: Złoczów; Russian: Золочев, translit.: Zolochev; Yiddish: זלאָטשעװ, translit. Zlotshev) is a town located in the Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochivsky Raion (district). Earlier it was also one of the shtetls (Jewish towns).
Zolochiv was incorporated as a town on 15 September 1523 by the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. Located in the Ruthenian Voivodship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it belonged to several noble families. In 1772, following the First Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Austria, and in 1918, following the World War One, it passed to Poland. Zolochiv, known then as Zloczow, belonged to the Tarnopol Voivodship until the Polish September Campaign, when it was occupied by the Soviet Union. Now, it is part of independent Ukraine.
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Detail of the Zolochiv Castle: Sobieski coat of arms (1634), with initials J.S.K.K.S.K, that is, "Jakub Sobieski, Krajczy Koronny, Starosta Krasnostawski"
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Coordinates: 49°48′30″N, 24°54′04″Ede:Solotschiw fr:Zolochiv ko:졸로치우 ja:ゾーロチウ (リヴィウ州) pl:Złoczów ro:Zolochiv ru:Золочев (Львовская область) uk:Золочів (Львівська область)
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