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Kremenets is a city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kremenets Raion, and lies to the north-east of Pochaiv Lavra. The city is situated in the historic region of Volhynia and features the 12th-century Kremenets Castle. During the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in 1240 and 1241, Kremenets was one of few cities that Batu Khan failed to capture. This photograph depicts Kremenets as seen from Castle Hill, with the former buildings of the Krzemieniec Lyceum in the foreground.Photograph credit: Konstantin Brizhnichenko