The city of Zhitomir is the administrative center of Zhitomir region. Its population is about 300000 people within 61 square kilometers. It is situated not far from of Kiev. The city of Zhitomir is situated on the banks of the rivers Teterev and Kamenka. There are several factories here: flax-manufacturing, paper-mill, boot and shoes. Thousands of young people from the whole region come to Zhitomir in order to enter the Teacher's Training University, the Polytechnic Institute, the Agricultural Academy, the European University, the International Academy of Personnel Management. Surrounding woods with a lot of health centers and recreation zones, botanical gardens, public gardens and several parks in the city, which the Gagarin Park, is the great example of the landscape architecture. Zhitomir is one of the largest centers of the Polish culture in Ukraine with a lot of monuments of the Polish history including one of the biggest Polish cemeteries in Europe....More >< Less