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Ostroh (Ukrainian: Острог; Polish: Ostróg) is a city in Rivne Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated on the Horyn River. Ostroh was the administrative center of Ostroh Raion until 2020, but as a city of oblast significance did not belong to the raion. Currently the city is the centre of Ostroh urban hromada. Population ...
The Ostroh Castle (Ukrainian: Острозький замок, Ostroz'kyi zamok, Polish: Zamek w Ostrogu) is a castle in the city of Ostroh, located in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. In the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, the castle was the key stronghold of the powerful House of Ostroh. Today it is in ruins.
Great Maharsha Synagogue in Ostroh, Ukraine. Introduction. Jews settled in Ostroh at the beginning of the 15th century and, in the 16th and 17th centuries, Ostroh was one of the most important centres of Talmudic study in Poland-Lithuania.
They ruled the area for centuries and influenced not only the history of Ukraine, but also all over Europe. The walls of medieval castles preserved in Dubno and Ostroh still remember their secrets and victories. Thus, nestled within Rivne Oblast, the calm and shadowy key stronghold of the powerful House of Ostroh is definitely worth the trip.
(Pol., Ostróg; Yid., Ostre), town on the Goryn’ River (a tributary of the Pripyat’), a district center of Ukraine’s Rovno region. From the 1320s, Ostróg was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and from 1569 it belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Ostroh (1987) This material is made available by JewishGen, Inc. and the Yizkor Book Project for the purpose of fulfilling our mission of disseminating information about the Holocaust and destroyed Jewish communities.
Ostroh Castle. A glorious historical city Ostroh is a place where a real gem of ancient art Ostroh Castle is located. It was built on the top of the high hill by the order of Prince Danylo Ostroz’kyi. This castle has become a residence of the Ostroz’kyi’s.
