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Zhytomyr is one of the many towns in Ukraine with its own distinctive features which distinguish it from any other town. What is more, the town’s three major parts differ from each other, still bearing the traits of age-long traditions. One part of town used to be predominantly Catholic, the second used to be Orthodox and the third — Jewish. Through the centuries, the town found itself under a number of successive authorities. In the twentieth century alone, it was ruled by Russian Imperial, Soviet, German Nazi, again Soviet communist authorities. Since 1991, it is a regional centre of independent Ukraine. Yet no one has been able to level down the differences of three main sections of town that can still be easily observed even in the place-names.