What the records say
- When
- 9 Jul 1811
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 50.47° N, 30.52° E
- Description
- 1811 fire in Podil
Great Fire of Podil
The 1811 Great Fire of Podil occurred on the morning of 9 July 1811 in the historical and commercial neighborhood of Podil in Kiev (Kyiv), the capital of Ukraine. The fire lasted for three days and almost destroyed the whole neighborhood. Before the fire, Podil was the city's most densely populated neighborhood; out of 3,672 households in the city, 2,068 were located in the Podil.
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