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{{Short description|City in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Bar
| native_name        = Бар
| native_name_lang   = ukr
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Ukraine|City]]
| image_skyline      = File:Костел 1.1.jpg
| image_caption      = The Saint Anne Church
| image_flag         = Bar porapor.png
| image_shield       = File:Bar s.png
| shield_size        = 75px
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Vinnytsia Oblast]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Raions of Ukraine|Raion]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Zhmerynka Raion]]
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = City Head
| leader_name        = Artur Anatoliyovych Tsitsyurs'ky
| established_title  = First mentioned
| established_date   = 1401 (as Rov castle)
| established_title2 = [[Magdeburg law]]
| established_date2  = 1540
| established_title3 = City rights
| established_date3  = 1938
| named_for          = [[Bari]] in [[Italy]]
| area_total_km2     = 5.95
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_total   = 15337
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = EET
| utc_offset         = +2
| timezone_DST       = EEST
| utc_offset_DST     = +3
| pushpin_map        = Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = 
| pushpin_label      = Bar
| coordinates        = {{coord|49|04|30|N|27|40|34|E|region:UA|display=inline}}
| postal_code_type   = [[Ukrainian postal codes|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 23000-23005
| area_code          = [[+380]]-4341
| blank_name         = [[Town twinning|Sister cities]]
| blank_info         = <small>[[Kwidzyn]] in Poland, Bari in Italy </small>
| website            = http://www.bar-city.gov.ua/
| footnotes          = 
| official_name      = 
| subdivision_type4  = [[Hromada]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Bar urban hromada]]
}}
'''Bar''' ({{langx|uk|Бар}} {{IPA|uk|bɑr||audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Бар.wav}}; {{langx|pl|Bar}}; {{langx|ru|Бар}}) is a city located on the Riv River in [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], central [[Ukraine]]. It is located in the historic region of [[Podolia]]. It served as the [[administrative center]] of the former [[Bar Raion]] until 2020. The city's estimated population is 13,202 (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Скільки населення в Барській громаді, зокрема в місті та у селах: з паспорта громади |url=https://barnews.city/articles/324321/kilki-naselennya-v-barskij-gromadi-v-misti-ta-u-selah- |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=БарNews.City |language=uk}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Bona Sforza in 1517.jpg|thumb|upright|A 1517 engraving of Bona Sforza, the Polish Queen who gave Bar its name.]]
[[File:Bar-podole 01.jpg|thumb|Old picture with a general view onto the city of Bar]]

Bar began as a small trade outpost known as Rov, within the [[Duchy of Podolia]] in the 13th century. Rov was noted for the first time in 1401.<ref name=encycl_ukr>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CA%5CBar.htm |title=Bar |publisher=[[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]] |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref> In 1537, the Polish Queen [[Bona Sforza]] renamed the settlement ''Bar'', after her hometown of [[Bari]], Italy.<ref name="encycl_ukr" /> Bar's highest mountain was renamed after Queen Sforza in 2018 to commemorate her role in naming the town.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/SZxiMLZrpHM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200425131213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxiMLZrpHM&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxiMLZrpHM| title = Відкриття гори Бони Сфорци | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 5 June 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1540, King [[Sigismund I the Old]] of Poland granted the nearby town [[Magdeburg law|city rights]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/zAYoCrvbj5c Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200428105742/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAYoCrvbj5c&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAYoCrvbj5c| title = 2. Епоха Бони Сфорци {{!}} ХРОНІКИ ПО-БАРСЬКИ | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 28 January 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In the 1630s, [[Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan]] built a fortress in Bar and made note of the town in his book ''[[Description d'Ukranie]]''.<ref name="encycl_ukr" /><ref name="youtube.com">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/evnAjIzIohk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200428075643/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evnAjIzIohk&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evnAjIzIohk| title = Бар - фортеця | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 29 December 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huri.harvard.edu/pdf/hus_volumes/vVI_n4_dec1982.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205185241/http://www.huri.harvard.edu/pdf/hus_volumes/vVI_n4_dec1982.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-05 }}</ref> The Bar fortress was [[siege|besieged]] several times in its history. In 1648, during the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising]], the fortress [[Siege of Bar (1648)|was captured]] by the [[Cossacks]] led by [[Maksym Kryvonis|Maxym Kryvonis]] and was severely damaged.<ref>{{Cite news|author=<!--not stated-->|date=20 June 2019|url=https://barnews.city/articles/35038/tri-cikavi-istorichni-podii-bara-v-ilyustraciyah-sergiya-mirchuka|title=Три цікаві історичні події Бара в ілюстраціях Сергія Мірчука|website=barnews.city|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

Bar as a town was described by a number of travelers and historians, including [[Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title= Description d'Ukranie|url=https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01HVD_ALMA211869195650003941&context=L&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US&search_scope=everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=everything&query=any,contains,A%20Description%20of%20Ukraine%20-%20Harvard%20University%20Press&offset=0}}</ref><ref>[[:fr:Description d’Ukranie|Description d'Ukranie]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}} in 1650, [[Evliya Çelebi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title= Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century vol 1 |year=1834|url=https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave01evli}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century vol 2 |year=1834|url=https://archive.org/details/narrativeoftrave02evli}}</ref> in 1656,  and [[Ulrich von Werdum]]<ref>{{cite book | last1=Werdum | first1=Ulrich von | last2=Cramer | first2=Silke | title=Das Reisejournal des Ulrich von Werdum, 1670-1677 : kritische Edition eines Reiseberichtes | publisher=P. Lang | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=1990 | isbn=3-631-42037-4 | oclc=25625552 | language=de}}</ref><ref>[[:de:Ulrich von Werdum]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}} in August 1671.

In 1672, Bar was captured by the [[Ottoman Empire]] and became a seat of the [[sanjak]] in [[Podolia Eyalet]] with nahiyas of Bar, [[Derazhnia|Dırajna]], [[Zinkiv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast|Zinkuv]] and [[Popivtsi|Popovçi]].<ref>[http://i.piccy.info/i9/50c7ec080439bb1790d77fec4b180a08/1437042927/139143/831035/The_Eyalet_of_Kamanice.jpg The Eyalet of Kamanice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409163656/http://i.piccy.info/i9/50c7ec080439bb1790d77fec4b180a08/1437042927/139143/831035/The_Eyalet_of_Kamanice.jpg |date=9 April 2016 }} piccy.info</ref> On November 12, 1674, the town and the fortress were liberated by [[John III of Poland]] after a four-day siege. However, the Ottomans would then recapture the city in 1675 and hold it until 1686, with nominal control through 1699.

On February 29, 1768, the [[Bar Confederation]], an alliance of Polish nobles, was founded by [[Adam Stanisław Krasiński|Adam Krasiński]], Bishop of [[Kamianets-Podilskyi|Kamenets]], [[Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1734–1790)|Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł]], [[Casimir Pulaski]], [[Maurice Benyovszky|Moritz Benyowszki]] and [[Michał Hieronim Krasiński|Michał Krasiński]] within the Bar fortress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_I/100|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I - wynik wyszukiwania - DIR|website=dir.icm.edu.pl|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>Bar, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Filip Sulimierski i Władysław Walewski, Warsaw, Poland, vol. VI, p. 615.</ref> After the [[Second Partition of Poland]], the town was ceded to the [[Russian Empire]] and made part of the [[Podolia Governorate]].

After 1922, Bar became part of [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] within the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://imsu-vinnycja.com/mista-i-sela-vinnyckoi-oblasti/barskyj-rajon/bar.html|title=Бар|website=Вінницька область у складі УРСР &#124; Інформаційно-пізнавальний портал|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>History of towns and villages of Ukrainian SSR: Vinnytsia region, Main Editorial Board, URE Academy of Sciences Ukrainian SSR, Kyiv, 630 p, 1972.</ref> In 1991, following the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|fall of the Soviet Union]], the town became part of the independent [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Королева Бона основала Бар и перестроила Кременец|url=https://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/history/_koroleva-bona-osnovala-bar-i-perestroila-kremenec/467932|date=November 19, 2012|website=Gazeta.ua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Діловий туризм у Києві сьогодні|url=http://aeroplan.org.ua/?p=328|date=May 23, 2014|website=Aeroplan - про подорожі під іншим кутом}}</ref>

The town had a historical Jewish population, with 3,869 Jews within the city in 1939.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bar, Ukraine Virtual Jewish History Tour|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bar-ukraine-virtual-jewish-history-tour|website=jewishvirtuallibrary.org|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bar-ukraine-virtual-jewish-history-tour|title=Bar, Ukraine Virtual Jewish History Tour|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="eleven.co.il">{{Cite web|title=Бар (город)|url=https://eleven.co.il/diaspora/communities/10395/|website=Электронная еврейская энциклопедия ОРТ}}</ref> On July 16, 1941, during [[World War II]], [[Nazi Germany]] occupied the town and established [[Nazi ghettos|ghettos]], killing many of Bar's Jewish residents.<ref name=":0" /> In 1999, there was an estimated Jewish population of 199.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="bar-library.com">{{cite web|title=Барська районна бібліотека|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=468|date=2015-01-28|website=Bar-library.com|access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

Bar currently has two large memorials situated within the city center, which are dedicated to those killed during WWII.

===City historic museum===
[[File:(01) WIKIPEDIA THE ORIGINAL BAR ARMS AT BAR CITY HISTORY MUSEUM IN TOWN OF BAR VINNYTSIA REGION STATE OF UKRAINE PHOTOGRAPH BY VIKTOR O. LEDENYOV 20150506.jpg|thumb|upright|Original Coat of Arms at the History Museum in Bar]]
[[File:(03) WIKIPEDIA UKRAINIAN CULTURE OLD EXHIBITS AT BAR CITY HISTORY MUSEUM IN TOWN OF BAR VINNYTSIA REGION STATE OF UKRAINE PHOTOGRAPH BY VIKTOR O. LEDENYOV 20150506.jpg|thumb|left|Ukrainian Culture Exhibition, History Museum]]
Bar has a museum which documents the city's history.<ref name="oblvintour.com.ua">{{cite web|url=http://oblvintour.com.ua/tour-places/museums/barskyj-rajonnyj-istorychnyj-muzej |title=Барський районний історичний музей|access-date=May 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710023956/http://oblvintour.com.ua/tour-places/museums/barskyj-rajonnyj-istorychnyj-muzej/ |archive-date=July 10, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="library.vspu.edu.ua">[http://library.vspu.edu.ua/repozitarij/repozit/texti/kraeznavchi/narodni%20muzei.pdf Kraeznavchi. Narodni 0muzei] library.vspu.edu.ua</ref> The museum includes an exhibits on topics such as Queen Bona Sforza, Ukrainian culture, and the WWII era.<ref name="oblvintour.com.ua" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Достопримечательности Бара|url=http://www.doroga.ua/pois/Vinnickaya/Bar/2496|website=Doroga.ua|access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref> It attracts both domestic and foreign visitors. The museum's collection includes historical clothing, ceramics, coins, and other artifacts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Барська районна бібліотека|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=593|website=bar-library.com}}</ref>

===Bar ceramics national museum===
Bar has the Bar ceramics national museum.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.barceramic.org.ua/en/home-2/|title=Barceramic – Just another WordPress site|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ukrainian news network|date=2 November 2021|url=https://unn.org.ua/na-vinnychchyni-stvoryly-virtualnyj-muzej-barskoyi-keramiky/}}</ref> There is also a virtual exhibition with the 3D views on the Bar's ceramic authentic exhibits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barceramic.org.ua/en/exhibit/|title=Exhibits – Barceramic|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sketchfab.com/BarCeramic|title=BarCeramic|website=Sketchfab|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vn.20minut.ua/Kult-podii/vidrodzhennya-barskoyi-keramiki-virtualniy-3d-muzey-gotoviy-priymati-v-11458886.html|title=Відродження Барської кераміки. Віртуальний 3D-музей готовий "приймати" відвідувачів - 20 хвилин|website=vn.20minut.ua|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>
The Bar's ceramics museum's contemporary exhibits collection is created by the potters from Bar, Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barceramic.org.ua/en/masters/|title=Masters – Barceramic|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref> The museum has hosted scientific conferences, where research reports were presented with a goal to revive the Bar's ceramics in Bar, Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barceramic.org.ua/en/documents/the-place-of-bar-ceramics-in-the-pottery-heritage-of-ukraine-conference-proceedings/|title=Proceedings of the All-Ukrainian Conference – Barceramic|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barceramic.org.ua/en/documents/revival-of-traditions-of-basra-ceramics-booklet/|title=Revival of traditions of Basra ceramics (booklet) – Barceramic|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barceramic.org.ua/en/documents/|title=Друковані матеріали – Barceramic|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>

=== {{vanchor|Bar Fortress}} historic site <!-- ← Don't remove the {{vanchor}}, which is used by other links. --> ===
{{distinguish|text = the Old Bar Fortress in [[Stari Bar]], Montenegro.}}

[[File:(01)_OLD_BAR_FORTRESS_TOWN_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_PHOTOGRAPH_BY_VIKTOR_O_LEDENYOV_20160509.jpg|thumb|Remnants of the [[Bar Fortress]], designed by [[Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan]]]]
[[File:(115)_BELL_TOWER_AT_ST_POKROVSKY_MONASTERY_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_20170819.jpg|thumb|upright|View of St. Pokrovsky Monastery's [[bell tower]], as seen from the fortress]]

The town has a historic site centered around the Bar Fortress, originally built in 1537<ref name="Bar.glo.ua">{{cite web|url=http://bar.glo.ua/cultura/barskij-zamok.html |title=Барский замок, Барський замок Винница, Бар, ул. В. Буняковського, 7 |publisher=Bar.glo.ua |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref><ref name="Sights of Ukraine">{{cite web|url=http://ukraine.kingdom.kiev.ua/region/01/bar_en.php |title=Landmarks in Ukraine – Bar |website=Sights of Ukraine |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref> and later re-designed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marquis Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan (1595–1685) - La France en Ukraine|url=http://www.ambafrance-ua.org/Marquis-Guillaume-Levasseur-de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711124204/http://www.ambafrance-ua.org/Marquis-Guillaume-Levasseur-de|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2014|date=July 11, 2014}}</ref> The fortress currently stands in ruins. The fortress was built on the Riv River, and the historic site is now surrounded by historic religious buildings, including cathedrals.<ref name="youtube.com" /> The site also includes trails surrounded by trees.

Reconstruction of the fortress was proposed at the 3rd International Scientific Conference, ''Bar's Land, [[Podolia|Podill'ya]]: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives'', in Bar in 2014.<ref>Tsytsyurs'ka V. A., The restoration project of the fortress in the town Bar, ІІІ International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives," Bar, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-617-7171-10-1}}, pp. 24–42, September 2014.</ref>

==Geography==

===Climate===
Per the [[Köppen climate classification]], Bar has a [[humid continental climate]]. Bar's district was historically used to grow apples.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

Winters in Bar are relatively cold, with snow. The early spring is generally warm, while the summer is sunny and humid. Autumn in Bar is generally characterized by clouds and rain, with precipitation being caused by [[Atlantic hurricane]]s.

The town has instituted several programs to [[climate change mitigation|combat climate change]], including the introduction of a waste management program, the optimization of public transportation, the minimization of air pollution by industrial plants, the thermal isolation of buildings, encouragement of bicycle transportation, and support of [[renewable energy]] initiatives.<ref>[http://waste.ua/eco/2012/waste-management/swiss.pdf Организация] waste.ua 2012</ref>
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===Cityscape===
[[File:(113)_BAR_CITY_COUNCIL_BUILDING_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_20170723.jpg|thumb|right|Bar City Council building]]
[[File:(005)_CENTRAL_DISTRICT_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_PHOTOGRAPH_BY_VIKTOR_O_LEDENYOV_20190825.jpg|thumb|right|Bar central district]]
[[File:Panoramic View on Bar, Ukraine Made from Aircraft.jpg|thumb|right|Panoramic view of Bar made from an aircraft]]
The city spans around {{convert|1,387|ha|lk=in|abbr=off}}. The Bar district area is around {{convert|1,102|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}. The maximum altitude [[above sea level]] is {{convert|368.8|m|ft|abbr=off}}. {{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}

The central part of the city has a number of the historical cathedrals and the modern architecture buildings.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/DCU0VNVPEUo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200426184548/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCU0VNVPEUo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCU0VNVPEUo| title = Місто БАР "СИЛА РІДНОЇ ЗЕМЛІ" Трейлер до док фільма. | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 7 November 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukrainian.travel/en/about-ukraine-/cities/bar |title=Bar |website=Ukrainian.travel |date=2007-12-16 |access-date=2016-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126045027/http://ukrainian.travel/en/about-ukraine-/cities/bar |archive-date=2015-11-26 }}</ref> There is a central square with a fountain, which is surrounded by the history museum, cinema, culture palace, trade center, modern hotel, city library, employment center building and some other governmental buildings in the downtown.

There is a sport stadium for football, basketball, volleyball in the center of the city. There is a swimming pool building not far away from the stadium. The local football team plays the football games at the stadium regularly. The pop music performances by various artists from Ukraine take place at the stadium from time to time.

The main educational institutions, including the Humanitarian-Pedagogical College and the Automobiles and Roads College are situated in close proximity to the downtown. Also, there are many secondary schools in the central district in the city.

The modern big residential apartments buildings, made of the red and white bricks, can be found around the city.

The Bar city library, which is located in a modern architecture building, has a digital library with Internet access.

Bar is known as a little piece of Italy in Ukraine<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ukrainaincognita.com/ru/vinnytska-oblast/barskyi-raion/bar/bar-podilskyi-klaptyk-italii|title=Бар. Подільський клаптик Італії &#124; Украина Инкогнита|website=ukrainaincognita.com}}</ref>

==Population==

===Historical population===
The Bar city's total population was around 3,341 in 1850, increasing to 16,442 by 2013 approximately.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/popul_eng.htm |title=Population of Ukraine |website=Database.ukrcensus.gov.ua |access-date=2016-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701120655/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/popul_eng.htm |archive-date=2014-07-01 }}</ref>
<ref name="Andreevsky I. E. 1891">Andreevsky I. E. (editor), Enciclopaedia Vocabulary, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1891.</ref>

The historical population is accurately characterized in the following chart:
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! colspan="12" | Historic population data in Bar
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! Year
! Total population
! Ukrainian-speaking
! Russian-speaking
! Orthodox
! Catholic
! Other
! Jewish
! Islamic
! No religion given
! Ukrainian
! Non-Ukrainian
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! scope="row" | 1850
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,341 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|1,041 || style="text-align:right;"|2,000 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|3,000 || style="text-align:right;"|341
|-
! scope="row" | 1870
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,000 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|2,709 || style="text-align:right;"|3,506 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|3,901 || style="text-align:right;"|2,450
|-
! scope="row" | 1891
| style="text-align:right;"|13,761 || style="text-align:right;"|13,200 || style="text-align:right;"|561 || style="text-align:right;"|12,000 || style="text-align:right;"|1,561 || style="text-align:right;"|100 || style="text-align:right;"|100 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|13,500 || style="text-align:right;"|261
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! scope="row" | 1900
| style="text-align:right;"| 9,735 || style="text-align:right;"|1,170 || style="text-align:right;"|7,761 || style="text-align:right;"|4,495 || style="text-align:right;"|4,987 || style="text-align:right;"|191 || style="text-align:right;"|105 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|5,837 || style="text-align:right;"|3,898
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! scope="row" | 1910
| style="text-align:right;"| 11,524 || style="text-align:right;"|1,456 || style="text-align:right;"|8,669 || style="text-align:right;"|5,324 || style="text-align:right;"|5,547 || style="text-align:right;"|426 || style="text-align:right;"|217 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|6,743 || style="text-align:right;"|4,781
|-
! scope="row" | 1930
| style="text-align:right;"| 12,412 || style="text-align:right;"|1,871 || style="text-align:right;"|9,305 || style="text-align:right;"|4,953 || style="text-align:right;"|6,601 || style="text-align:right;"|458 || style="text-align:right;"|222 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|9,269 || style="text-align:right;"|3,142
|-
! scope="row" | 1950
| style="text-align:right;"| 14,547 || style="text-align:right;"|2,060 || style="text-align:right;"|11,131 || style="text-align:right;"|5,855 || style="text-align:right;"|7,483 || style="text-align:right;"|616 || style="text-align:right;"|264 || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"| || style="text-align:right;"|11,886 || style="text-align:right;"|2,661
|-
! scope="row" | 1970
| style="text-align:right;"| 17,361 || style="text-align:right;"|1,965 || style="text-align:right;"|11,155 || style="text-align:right;"|9,055 || style="text-align:right;"|6,539 || style="text-align:right;"|2,259 || style="text-align:right;"|312 || style="text-align:right;"|959 || style="text-align:right;"|616 || style="text-align:right;"|11,510 || style="text-align:right;"|5,851
|-
! scope="row" | 1990
| style="text-align:right;"| 17,104 || style="text-align:right;"|961 || style="text-align:right;"|11,241 || style="text-align:right;"|7,957 || style="text-align:right;"|3,449 || style="text-align:right;"|3,922 || style="text-align:right;"|244 || style="text-align:right;"|475 || style="text-align:right;"|2,974 || style="text-align:right;"|9,881 || style="text-align:right;"|7,223
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
| style="text-align:right;"| 16,442 || style="text-align:right;"|16,200 || style="text-align:right;"|242 || style="text-align:right;"|10,000 || style="text-align:right;"|6,000 || style="text-align:right;"|100 || style="text-align:right;"|100 || style="text-align:right;"|101 || style="text-align:right;"|140 || style="text-align:right;"|16,342|| style="text-align:right;"|100
|}
*

===Languages===
The percentage of people, who know how to speak, read, write the Ukrainian language in Bar is (95.5%).<ref name="ukrcensus.gov.ua">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/ |title=Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення |website=Ukrcensus.gov.ua |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

Originally, the entire population spoke the old Slavic languages mainly, however the various historical events and the increasing international trade led to the situation, when the local population was able to get the other foreign languages skills.

English is also studied at the advanced level at English Language Faculty at Humanitarian – Pedagogical College in Bar.

The numerous computers with the audio-headsets were installed and connected to the Internet at the central city library due to both the personal efforts of Hankamp and the [[Bibliomist]] program.

==Government and politics==

===Administrative issues===
The Bar municipality is administratively subdivided into a number of municipal districts.<ref name="bar-city.com.ua">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bar-city.com.ua/|title=Барська міська рада|website=bar-city.com.ua|access-date=2011-11-08|archive-date=2016-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416075925/http://www.forum.bar-city.com.ua/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Governance issues===
The mayor is elected by direct public election, while the heads of other directorates are assigned by the collegiate. The Mayor of Bar has the executive powers; the City Council has the administrative powers to check the mayor's decisions, and the City Assembly can accept or reject the mayor's urban development strategy, city budget and city modernization proposals each year.<ref name="bar-city.com.ua"/>

The City Council constitutes the [[executive (government)|executive]] government of the City of Bar, operating as a collegiate authority. The City Council is composed of a few respected councilors, each heading the corresponding departments and bureaus. Departmental tasks, coordination measures and implementation of laws, decreed by the City Assembly, are carried by the City Council.<ref name="bar-city.com.ua"/>

The regular election of the City Assembly by any inhabitant valid to vote is held every four years. Any resident of Bar, allowed to vote, can be elected as a member of the City Assembly.<ref name="bar-city.com.ua"/>

The mayor, city council, city assembly hold their regular meetings in the City Hall in Bar.<ref name="bar-city.com.ua"/>

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Bar has a number of [[sister city]] agreements, including Bari, [[Kwidzyn]], [[Rybnik]].<ref name="bar-city.com.ua"/>

==Education==

===Colleges and schools===
There are a few educational institutions in the Bar city, for example:
* 1. The Hrushevsky Humanitarian Pedagogical College where the students can study English language, finances, accounting, law, teaching, painting, music and other subjects;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bar-bgpk.at.ua/ |title=Блог – Барський гуманітарно-педагогічний коледж |website=Bar-bgpk.at.ua |date=2016-01-16 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osvita.com.ua/colleges/4/ |title=Барский гуманитарно-педагогический колледж им. Михаила Грушевского — Бар, Винницкая обл |website=Osvita.com.ua |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>
* 2. The Bar College of Transport and Construction, founded by Tunik, where the students can study the modern engines and automobiles designs;<ref>{{cite web|author=Бадт Нту |url=http://badtntu.com.ua/ru |title=Найкращі ВУЗИ України 2015-206 // Барський автомобiльно-дорожнiй технiкум : Головна |website=Badtntu.com.ua |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osvita.com.ua/colleges/148/ |title=Барский колледж транспорта и строительства Национального транспортного университета (БКТС НТУ) — Бар, Винницкая обл |website=Osvita.com.ua |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>
* 3. The Bar Professional Building Construction College, where the students study the architecture and buildings construction technologies;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osvita.com.ua/colleges/162/ |title=Барский профессиональный строительный лицей — Бар, Винницкая обл |website=Osvita.com.ua |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>
* 4. The specialized music school,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vinnitsa.klumba.ua/reference/tvorcheskie-studii-i-shkoli/barskaja-detskaja-muzikalnaja-shkola/ |title=Барская детская музыкальная школа — Творческая студия (Винница, Украина) |website=Vinnitsa.klumba.ua |date=2015-12-12 |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722154912/http://vinnitsa.klumba.ua/reference/tvorcheskie-studii-i-shkoli/barskaja-detskaja-muzikalnaja-shkola/ |archive-date=2014-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 5. A number of secondary schools;
* 6. A wide-screen cinema;
* 7. A city history museum;<ref name="library.vspu.edu.ua"/>
* 8. A contemporary art gallery.

===Public libraries===
There is a modern central city library in downtown, which provides the library services to the local people and the foreign visitors in Bar's district.

Dr. Margaret Hankamp, JD, New York Law School, New York University, USA worked on the [[Bibliomist]] program<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bibliomist.org/en/ |title=Бібліоміст |website=Bibliomist.org |date=2011-05-31 |access-date=2016-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214171542/http://www.bibliomist.org/en/ |archive-date=2016-02-14 }}</ref> to modernize the modern central city library and the one library for the young people in Bar.  The Bibliomist is a part of Global Libraries initiative of [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] (BMGF).

The Bar city library was extensively renovated due to the financial support by [[KfW]] bank in Germany in June, 2015.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=492 |title=Барська районна бібліотека |website=Bar-library.com |date=2015-05-20 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

Also, there are the two small libraries for the young readers, one is located in downtown and another one near the medical hospital in Bar. In addition, there are the libraries at the Hrushevsky Humanitarian Pedagogical College and at the Automobiles and Roads College in Bar. There is an interconnected network of small remote libraries with Internet access at the villages in Bar's district.

==Religion==
Bar has a lot of religious traditions. It is a center of Ukrainian culture<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bar-city.com.ua/ |title=Офіційний сайт м.Бар &#124; Барська міська рада |publisher=Bar-city.com.ua |access-date=2014-07-31 |archive-date=2016-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416075925/http://www.forum.bar-city.com.ua/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and an attractive tourist destination with a large number of old Ukrainian cathedrals and the new churches such as:[[File:Успенська церква Бар 03.jpg|thumb|300px|St. Assumption Orthodox Cathedral]]
[[File:(114)_GOLDEN_DOMES_OF_ST_ASSUMPTION_ORTHODOX_CATHEDRAL_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_20170819.jpg|thumb|upright|Golden Domes of St. Assumption Orthodox Cathedral]]'''The St. Assumption Orthodox Church''', built by Tymofiy Matkovsky in 1755–1757 at the same place, where the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church was founded in 1700.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bar.church.ua/istoriya/ |title=Історія Собору &#124; Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці |website=Bar.church.ua |date=2013-11-08 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IUspenski |title=Успенский Собор (@IUspenski) |via=Twitter |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=June 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orthodox.vinnica.ua/index.php?c=1&l=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119180302/http://www.orthodox.vinnica.ua/index.php?c=1&l=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2010|title=Ласкаво просимо на наш офіційний сайт|date=January 19, 2010}}</ref>

The Assumption Orthodox Cathedral is considered as one of the most remarkable architectural achievements and one of the oldest buildings in Bar, Ukraine, which has changed, reflecting the historical developments in Ukraine over the centuries. The old altar at the Assumption Orthodox Cathedral is made of special wood with the metallic decorations and the religious paintings.

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church was founded in the early 17th century. The first written memories about the Assumption Orthodox Cathedral (the St. Uspensky Orthodox Church), which was created at the Trinity Orthodox Church place, are related to 1719. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}} The interesting fact is that the new architectural design of the St. Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral was developed, and then, the actual cathedral was constructed, using the stone, in 1755 – 1757. As it is described in the historical documents in 1771 and 1783, the Assumption Orthodox Cathedral had a high altar with the Savior icon and the two other altars.

Vasyl Matkovsky was a priest at the Assumption Orthodox Church in Bar on that time. In 1795–1809, Ioan Sinitsky became a priest at the Assumption Orthodox Church in Bar. At the same time, Fedir Batulinsky, priest (1800–1802) and Stefan Batulinsky, priest (1804–1820) conducted their religious missions at the Assumption Orthodox Church in Bar. Pavlo Batulinsky (1838–1844) served as a priest at the Assumption Orthodox Church in Bar, and then he became a key owner and a cathedral bishop in [[Kamianets-Podilskyi|Kamyanets]] soon after that. Vasyl Kuzminsky, as a priest in 1844–1849 and Simeon Karchevsky, as a priest in 1849–1861 worked to continue the religious missions at the Assumption Orthodox Church in Bar. In addition, Simeon Karchevsky was a head of the Bar Orthodox Religion School at the same time. Hryhoriy Yankovsky, as a priest in 1861–1881, Ivan Korchynsky, as a priest (1881–1892), Pavlo Savluchynsky, as a priest (1892), Afanasiy Dvernytsky, as a priest (1892–) were recognized for their outstanding religious mission services at the Assumption Orthodox Church.

The church was closed for renovations in 1838–1851. A full restoration of the cathedral was also done in 1975. The "gold plated" domes were installed and the façade renovation works were completed in 2013. {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

At present, there are two old icons in the cathedral: The St. Michael Miracle Man icon, created in Bari, Italy in the 16th century and presented by Bona Sforza; and God's Mother icon with the silver frame, created in the 17th century, which saved the cathedral from fire in 1737 and 1760.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/VSZ6xbRCVMw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200426002909/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZ6xbRCVMw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZ6xbRCVMw| title = БАРСКАЯ | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 26 October 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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Priests at Assumption Orthodox Cathedral in City of Bar in State of Ukraine 1795–2016.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bar.church.ua/vitajemo-nastoyatelya-z-visokoyu-nagorodoyu/|title=Вітаємо отця-настоятеля з високою нагородою! – Кафедральний Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці|website=bar.church.ua}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bar.church.ua/kafedralnij-sobor-uspinnya-presvyatoji-bogorodici-vidznachiv-prestolnij-praznik/|title=Престольний празник на Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці – Кафедральний Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці|website=bar.church.ua}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bar.church.ua/istoriya/|title=Історія собору – Кафедральний Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці|website=bar.church.ua}}</ref>

Presently, all Orthodox church members strictly follow the Orthodox traditions in Bar.

The first international conference: "Spiritual Treasure of Podillya" to celebrate the 260 years anniversary from the moment of St. Assumption Orthodox Church foundation as well as the 130 years anniversary from the moment of "God’s Mother" icon recognition as a miracle creating icon was held in Bar on October 12, 2017. 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=678|title=Барська районна бібліотека|website=bar-library.com}}</ref>

[[File:Wikimedia Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Church Town of Bar Vinnytsia Region State of Ukraine Photograph by Viktor O. Ledenyov 26072014 (10).jpg|thumb|St. Anne Roman Catholic Cathedral and Assumption Orthodox Cathedral]]'''The Bar Orthodox Women Monastery''', made of red bricks, was in the process of construction under the management by Viktor Terletsky, priest and under the patronage by Simeon, Archbishop of Vinnytsia and Bar (former Archbishop of Vinnytsia and Mohyliv-Podilsky) at Harmaky near Bar since December 10, 2002. The Orthodox Women Monastery is for females only and opened in 2018.

'''St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Cathedral''', built of wood in 1550; then rebuilt in stone and renamed '''St. Anna’s Cathedral''' in 1811, was renovated between 1900 – July 26, 1906 (in red bricks)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rkc.kh.ua/index.php? |access-date=September 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902023739/http://www.rkc.kh.ua/index.php |archive-date=September 2, 2014 |title= Головна сторінка. Харківсько-Запорізька дієцезія. Костели та каплиці}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bar.glo.ua/cultura/kostel-sv-anny.html |title=Костел Св. Анны, Костел Св. Анни Бар, ул. Св. Николая, 12 |publisher=Bar.glo.ua |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref> The old altar is made of stone and special wood with an old religious icon placed on top of the altar.

There is a working organ for performances during religious services. {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

The cathedral’s parishioners, as well its many visitors, include Ukrainians with Polish and Italian family roots. {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Polish and Italian tourists visit the Roman Catholic St. Anna Cathedral occasionally. {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Young Polish volunteers have frequently traveled to St. Anna’s Cathedral during the summer months to help with reconstruction and renovation works.

[[File:(01)_BELL_TOWER_AT_ST_POKROVSKY_MONASTERY_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_PHOTOGRAPH_BY_VIKTOR_O_LEDENYOV_20180725.jpg|thumb|upright|Old Bell Tower at Former St. Intercession Monastery]]

'''Former St. Pokrovsky Monastery''', which is now known as the Benedictine Sisters-Missioners Monastery. The first monastery was founded by Knight Vereshagin in the woods near Semenivky, not far from Bar. The monastery was initially founded and built by Carmelites in 1551, and rebuilt in 1616, only to be rebuilt again, this time in stone, by Dominicans in 1701–1787. The history of the old monastery is divided into four periods: 1) the Carmelite period, 2) the Dominican period, 3) the Orthodox period (from 1838), 4) the Catholic Basilian period (since 1991). During the newest historical period, Cyril Podolsky initiated the foundation of the St. Pokrovsky Orthodox Monastery for males in 1837. The monastery was re-organized for females and chaired by Sister Melitina on July 20, 1881. The red brick cathedral with bells was built in 1908. The monastery was closed from 1959–1991. The Benedictine Sisters-Missioners of Bar re-opened the monastery in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bar.glo.ua/cultura/pokrovskij-monastyr-v-bare.html |title=Покровский монастырь в Баре, Покровський монастир у Барі Бар, ул. Монастырская, 55 |publisher=Bar.glo.ua |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url-status = dead| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFvsgVFbJKk| website = [[YouTube]]| title = 21 перлина Вінниччини - Кармелітський монастир, м.Бар - YouTube| access-date = 2019-05-02| archive-date = 2019-07-28| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190728083650/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFvsgVFbJKk}}</ref>

'''The Old Bar Fortress''', initially built in 1537,<ref name="Bar.glo.ua"/><ref name="Sights of Ukraine"/> and later re-designed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan in the 1630s.<ref name=encycl_ukr/> The Old Bar Fortress is surrounded by the old cathedrals and other religious buildings. There is an old green trees park with the numerous pathways inside the fortress.

[[File:Wikimedia Greek Catholic Church Town of Bar Vinnytsia Region State of Ukraine Photograph by Viktor O. Ledenyov 26072014 (19).jpg|thumb|Greek Catholic Church]]

'''The Greek-Catholic church''', opened in a newly reconstructed cathedral in 1996. The new altar at the Greek Catholic Cathedral is made of wood with the metallic decorations.

[[File:(01) WIKIPEDIA NEW ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL AT BRAILOV MONASTERY IN TOWN OF BAR VINNYTSIA REGION STATE OF UKRAINE 20150503.jpg|thumb|Holy Trinity Brailiv Orthodox Cathedral at Brailiv Monastery]]

'''The St. Michael Orthodox Church''' in the beginning of Buniakovska Street is being re-built. The idea is to re-create the old St. Michael church, which was built at this place a few hundreds years ago. Mr. Pogrebnyak, businessman is a main sponsor of construction works.

The old historical castles in Bar require more investments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vininvest.gov.ua/geo/index.php?area=0&action=5&lv=en |title=Vinnitsa investment |publisher=Vininvest.gov.ua |date=1932-02-27 |access-date=2014-07-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714173632/http://www.vininvest.gov.ua/geo/index.php?area=0&action=5&lv=en |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref>

'''The Synagogue''' There was an oldest Synagogue in Bar, which was built in 1717.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=set&id=23818|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 1 |publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01 |access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=alone&id=254556|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 2|publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01 |access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=alone&id=254557|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 3|publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=alone&id=254558|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 4|publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=alone&id=254559|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 5|publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01 |access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=alone&id=254560|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 6|publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cja.huji.ac.il/browser.php?mode=alone&id=254561|title=Great Synagogue in Bar, Ukraine photo 7|publisher=cja.huji.ac.il|date=1928-01-01|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref> Since old time until present time, the Bar's Jewish people community is well known for its contributions to the social, cultural, financial, economical and political fields in the Ukrainian society and abroad. The information on the Bar's Jewish people community is collected at various resources.<ref name="data.jewishgen.org">{{Cite web|url=https://login.jewishgen.org/u/login?state=hKFo2SBuLWZOOTRsSFdGclR1aHlPcmJ0OW9uTVlwV1VuMWdFQaFur3VuaXZlcnNhbC1sb2dpbqN0aWTZIDBfTXhBRlMyRVNZYjNOTzgwbExtNl9ONmlyejByLUJpo2NpZNkgZTlGaW9WYnFIbkxiU3RaVTFxeDdEWFJpdW85RGJwdkY|title=Log in &#124; JewishGen Login|website=login.jewishgen.org|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="eleven.co.il"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=204|title=Ukraine SIG: Bar|website=jewishgen.org}}</ref>

According to the Encyclopaedia Vocabulary by Andreevsky I E (editor) published in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1891,<ref name="Andreevsky I. E. 1891"/> the total population was 13,761 people, and the Jewish population was 51% of total population in 1891 in Bar. In 1900 in Bar, the total population included: 7865 Jewish people, 2803 Orthodox people, 765 Catholic people. The Jewish community was some of the tens of thousands people in Bar before the World War II (5720 people in 1926).<ref name="eleven.co.il"/> There were many old synagogues in Bar before the World War II. The five thousands people were killed by the fascists during the period of occupation in Bar, Ukraine in 1941–1942.<ref name="bar-library.com"/> A special commemoration ceremony is usually organized in connection with the [[Holocaust Memorial Day]] in Bar, Ukraine on January 27 every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/docs/res607.shtml |title=The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme |publisher=United Nations |date=2005-11-01 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=510 |title=Барська районна бібліотека |website=Bar-library.com |date=2015-10-15 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref> Recently, Mr. Cor Roos, accountant and writer from The Desert Rose Foundation in The Netherlands presented his historical books about the Holocaust in Ukraine in 1941 - 1944 during his visit to the Bar city library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=639|title=Барська районна бібліотека|website=bar-library.com}}</ref>

The old synagogues were fully destroyed during World War II.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Bar.html |title=Bar, Ukraine Virtual Jewish History Tour |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/bar.html |title=BAR &#124; ukraine – International Jewish Cemetery Project |website=Iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124521/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/ukraine/bar.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtrfoundation.org/webart/UK-arch-d2.pdf |title=The Holocaust in Vinnitsa Oblast |author=Faina A. Vinokurova |website=Rtrfoundation.org |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishwebindex.com/ukraine.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010603040325/http://jewishwebindex.com/ukraine.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2001-06-03 |title=ukraine |website=Jewishwebindex.com |access-date=2016-02-10 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=501 |title=Барська районна бібліотека |website=Bar-library.com |date=2015-08-21 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

Presently, there is a growing collaboration between the Bar Jewish community and the Vinnytsia Jewish community, aiming to recognize the famous American Jewish people from Ukraine,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=671|title=Барська районна бібліотека|website=bar-library.com}}</ref> tell stories about the many other famous Jewish people around the World<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=633|title=Барська районна бібліотека|website=bar-library.com}}</ref> and build a new synagogue in Bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=692|title=Барська районна бібліотека|website=bar-library.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e209589/Place/Bar|title=Jewish Community of Bar|website=dbs.anumuseum.org.il}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eleven.co.il/diaspora/communities/10395/|title=Bar (City)|website=eleven.co.il}}</ref>
[[File:Bar,synagogue.jpg|thumb|Synagogue in 1717]]
[[File:(03) WIKIPEDIA WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN TOWN OF BAR VINNYTSIA REGION STATE OF UKRAINE 20150430.jpg|thumb|World War II Memorial]]

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}}'''The Baptist Church''' was established in Bar in the 1990s. The red-bricks cathedral is in a process of construction at the end of Buniakovska Street in Bar since 2000.

'''The Evangelist Church''' is situated in a small building in Bar since the beginning of the 1990s.

==Culture==

===Ukrainian culture===
Ukrainian culture is created on the base of the old Slavic culture.

Ukrainian traditional songs, dances, paintings, poetry and literature are present in Bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.music-wedding.com.ua/vesllya-foto/8-vesllya-foto.html|title=Весілля фото » Музика на весілля - гурт "Барви"|website=music-wedding.com.ua}}</ref> Notable tourist destinations include the St. Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral, St. Anna Rome Catholic Cathedral, St. Pokrovsky Orthodox Cathedral, old fortress, central park with the old green trees, Ukrainian music/dances folk festivals, history museum, central city library, etc. in Bar.

The City of Bar is known as a city, where the "Love" lives in Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/7811/video-yak-v-bari-vidbuvavsya-gala-koncert-misto-v-yakomu-zhive-lyubov|title=Concert: City, where Love lives|website=barnews.city}}</ref> "The Bar City Day" is celebrated in September every year. "The Bar District Day" is celebrated in August every year. "The Apple Bar Festival" was conducted in Bar since 2018.

The ІІІ International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives," was held in Bar in September 2014.

===Polish culture===
Bar is known as a historical center of Polish culture in Ukraine.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/bonR4EnLamU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200426224117/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bonR4EnLamU&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bonR4EnLamU&list=PLusQ3i6FqGISmTuS3cDIV_NHVkw1cHVDS| title = Bar - twierdza | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 29 December 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> There is the Polish House, where Polish cultural events are conducted. The Polish House was officially opened on May 22, 2016.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukurier.gov.ua/uk/news/dim-polskoyi-kulturi-vidkrili-u-misti-bar/|title=Дім польської культури відкрили у місті Бар|first=Олег|last=ЧЕБАН|website=Урядовий Кур’єр|date=24 June 2013 }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vinrada.gov.ua/dim-polskoi-kulturi-vidkrili-u-misti-bar.htm|title=Дім польської культури відкрили у місті Бар|website=vinrada.gov.ua}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myvin.com.ua/ua/news/region/42381.html|title=У місті Бар відкрили Дім польської культури|website=myvin.com.ua|date=4 July 2013 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://region.unn.ua/uk/news/52828-na-vinnichchini-vidkrili-dim-polskoyi-kulturi |title=На Вінниччині відкрили Дім польської культури. Новини на УНН |access-date=2016-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625121753/http://region.unn.ua/uk/news/52828-na-vinnichchini-vidkrili-dim-polskoyi-kulturi |archive-date=2016-06-25 }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lenta.vn.ua/news/article/69144/%D0%A3-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B2-%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BC-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%97-%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8|title=У-Бару-на-Вінниччині-запрацював-Дім-польської-культури|website=lenta.vn.ua}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vn.depo.ua/ukr/vn/polski-senatori-propisali-kulturu-svogo-narodu-na-21052016123200|title=Польські сенатори "прописали" культуру свого народу на Вінниччині – Depo.ua|website=depo.ua}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vn.20minut.ua/Podii/na-vidkrittya-domu-polskoyi-kulturi-u-baru-zavitali-inozemni-gosti-10507491.html|title=На відкриття Дому польської культури у Бару завітали іноземні гості - 20 хвилин|website=vn.20minut.ua}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://i-vin.info/news/sporudzhennya-domu-polskoyi-kultury-u-bari-profinansuvaly-polyaky-16411|title=Спорудження Дому Польської культури у Барі профінансували поляки (ФОТО) &#124; iVin новини|website=i-vin.info/}}</ref>

===Youth Art Academic Theater (YAAT)===
Youth Art Academic Theater (YAAT) is a multicultural organisation, which makes the theatrical performances in Bar since 2018. 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/12069/stali-vidomi-imena-novih-aktoriv-barskogo-mhatu|title=Theatrical Performance 1: The actors |website=barnews.city}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/19823/ti-scho-stvorili-barskij-teatr-druge-video-v-ramkah-aktivacii-|title=Theatrical Performance 2: The People, who created the theater |website=barnews.city}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/45229/vistava-faraoni-vid-barskogo-teatru-video|title=Theatrical Performance 3: The Pharaohs |website=barnews.city}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/165152/v-bari-1-veresnya-o-18-00-pokazhut-vistavu-kohannya-yak-vono-e|title=Theatrical Performance 4: The Love as it is|website=barnews.city}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/92448/slabozori-aktori-ta-tehnologiya-kvadrozvuku-barskij-mhat-gotue-novij-proekt-teatr-rivnosi-video|title=Theatrical Performance 5: The theater of equality |website=barnews.city}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/73841/barskij-mhat-otrimav-najvischu-ocinku-za-svij-proekt-i-planue-cikavu-ta-ne-zvichku-dlya-barchan-vistavu |title=Theatrical Performance 6: The first place |website=barnews.city}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/53619/z-nagodi-dnya-zbrojnih-sil-v-bari-znovu-pokazhut-vistavu-sto-tisyach|title=Theatrical Performance 7: The one hundred thousands |website=barnews.city}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/47398/premera-vistavi-100-tisyach-v-yakij-zibrali-voini-ato-zirvala-shkval-opleskiv-v-bari-|title=Theatrical Performance 8: The one hundred thousands premier |website=barnews.city}}</ref>

===Religious festivals===
The religious festivals are conducted in Bar frequently.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/92448/slabozori-aktori-ta-tehnologiya-kvadrozvuku-barskij-mhat-gotue-novij-proekt-teatr-rivnosi-video/|title=Youth Spiritual and Patriotic Songs Festival|website=blagobar.church.ua}}</ref>

==Economy==

The economy includes the ten main sectors such as the agriculture, building construction industry, machine design industry, information technologies (IT) industry, food processing industry, wood processing industry, public utilities industry, domestic/international trade, transportation services industry, financial services industry, tourism industry, education industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barrda.gov.ua/index.php?page=11 |title=Барська районна державна адміністрація |website=Barrda.gov.ua |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003074408/http://www.barrda.gov.ua/index.php?page=11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Industrial companies in Bar include the Bar Industrial Machinery Plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barmash.com.ua/ |title=Виробництво обладнання для харчової промисловості. Барський машзавод. Бармаш |website=Barmash.com.ua |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

The food processing industry is represented by the [[Pfanner]] apple juice international firm, which exports the concentrated apple juice to Austria mainly. There is the Barchanka big bottled mineral water company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barchanka.com.ua/en/|title=English – Сайт|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref> There is the Solodka Planeta cakes producing company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solodkaplaneta.ua/ru/|title=Солодка планета &#124; Главная|website=solodkaplaneta.ua}}</ref> There are the milk processing factory, the meat processing factory, and the fish processing factory in Bar.

The IT industry includes a number of small IT services companies (the software design) and Internet providing companies (the optical/wireline/wireless access to the Internet).

The financial industry is represented by a number of Ukrainian banks, which provide the corporate finance services and the personal finance services in the city.<ref>http://www.prostobank.ua/spravochniki/otdeleniya/(city)/bar/(kind)/banki/(name)/privatbank{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

There are several big trade centers such as the Econom food trade chain,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://econom.ua/?page_id=9 |title=Економ: Cупермаркет |access-date=2016-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701050659/http://econom.ua/?page_id=9 |archive-date=2016-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Gusi-Lebedi electronics/furniture trade chain,<ref>{{Cite web |title="BLONSKI FABRYKA MEBLI" - контакты, товары, услуги, цены |url=https://mebliblonski.com/pl/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014105339/https://mebliblonski.com/pl/about/ |archive-date=2016-10-14 |access-date= |website=}}</ref> big market, hundreds of medium & small shops and drugstores. The tourism industry includes several hotels and motels.

A relatively short distance from Bar, there is a natural gas compressor station, which pumps [[natural gas]] over the transcontinental [[Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline]] and the Union pipeline to the Polish, German and other European customers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/germany_praises_condition_of_ukrainian_gas_transport_system_305304|title=Germany praises condition of Ukrainian gas transport system|website=Ukrinform.ua|access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://investukraine.com/7101-ukraine-together-with-germany-began-a-real-project-gts-modernization |title=Ukraine together with Germany began a real project GTS modernization – InvestUkraine |website=Investukraine.com |access-date=2016-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024162530/http://investukraine.com/7101-ukraine-together-with-germany-began-a-real-project-gts-modernization |archive-date=2014-10-24 }}</ref>

===Government organizations===
There is the Bar City Council, which is located at newly renovated building in the central district.

There is the Bar District Administration, which works at modern building in downtown.

There is the Bar Tax Authorities Administration, which functions at modern building in a central part of city.

There is the Pension Fund, which is situated in a newly redesigned building in downtown.

There is the State Archive, which keeps the information about the historical developments in Bar.

There is an Air Traffic Control Center with the beyond-visual-range-radar nearby, which provides air traffic control services in the English language for aircraft in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uksatse.ua/index.php?s=fa2fd909ae9a2bf3eb89ab204c35dd6e&act=Part&CODE=309&lang=en|title=Uksatse – Air Traffic Service|website=Uksatse.ua|access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref> There is also a city airport, which helicopters and light airplanes can use.

==Healthcare==

===History===
The Jewish community hospital for 10 patient places, headed by Dr. Mareinis, licensed medical doctor, was in operation in Bar, Ukraine before 1920. Also, there were the three small medical hospitals for 15–20 patient places in Yaltushkov, Man'kovka and Kopaigorod villages in Bar's district before 1920.<ref name="med36.com">{{cite web|url=http://med36.com/medobject/17791 |title=Барская центральная районная больница г. Бар |website=Med36.com |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

The medical hospital with 25 patient places was functional in Bar, Ukraine before 1940, however licensed medical doctors Dr. Shamis and Dr. Burstein, including their Jewish families, were killed by [[national socialists]] in Bar, Ukraine during its occupation in World War II.<ref name="med36.com"/>

On August 1, 1945, the medical hospital of 70 patient places and with 72 medical workers was re-opened in Bar, Ukraine. The therapeutic, infectious, maternity, gynecologic, surgical, children's and x-ray diagnostic departments operated at the medical hospital in Bar, Ukraine on that time.<ref name="med36.com"/>

===Present time===
Presently, the medical clinic and hospital provide a wide range of medical services to the patients in Bar.<ref name="med36.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barrda.gov.ua/index.php?page=271&news=4534 |title=Дані про заклад |website=Barrda.gov.ua |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208101851/http://www.barrda.gov.ua/index.php?page=271&news=4534 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The ambulance department at the medical hospital in Bar, Ukraine was opened on February 1, 1955. The tuberculosis treatment department at the medical hospital in Bar, Ukraine was established on November 30, 1970.
The blood transfusion department at the medical hospital in Bar, Ukraine was in operation since October 1, 1973. The medical clinics was opened in Bar, Ukraine on April 7, 1986. The psychoneurological department at the medical hospital in Bar, Ukraine was founded on April 4, 1989. The children's, therapeutic, neurologic, resuscitation departments at the medical hospital in Bar, Ukraine are situated in a new building, which was built in 1992.<ref name="med36.com"/>

Around 10,000 patients undergo the medical treatments at the medical hospital, and around 210,000 patients visit the medical clinic in Bar, Ukraine every year.<ref name="med36.com"/>

The medical school was established by [[Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Nikolai_Ivanovich_Pirogov.aspx |title=Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov Facts, information, pictures &#124; Encyclopedia.com articles about Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Pirogov,+Nikolai+Ivanovich |title=Pirogov, Nikolai Ivanovich &#124; Article about Pirogov, Nikolai Ivanovich by The Free Dictionary |website=Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=USA |title= The great Russian surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810–1881)|date=2015-09-28 |pmid=22043597 |volume=17 |issue= 1|journal=Vesalius |pages=10–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=USA |title= [N. I. Pirogov-theoretist and organizer of military medicine]|date=2015-09-28 |pmid=4948158 |volume=107 |issue= 12|journal=Vestn Khir Im I I Grek |pages=109–13}}</ref>

Complex medical treatments are done in collaboration with the doctors from the medical clinics, universities and institutions in [[Vinnytsia]], [[Kyiv]] and other places.<ref name="vnmu.edu.ua">{{cite web|url=http://www.vnmu.edu.ua/en |format=PDF |title=Вінницький національний медичний університет iм. М.І.Пирогова |website=Vnmu.edu.uas |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

The Vinnytsia National Medical University named after the [[Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov]] in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.<ref name="vnmu.edu.ua"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia |url=https://universities.studyinukraine.gov.ua/en/minedu/university/116/contacts/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=universities.studyinukraine.gov.ua}}</ref>

==Recreation==
[[File:WIKIMEDIA GREEN PARK AT OLD FORTRESS IN TOWN OF BAR VINNYTSIA REGION STATE OF UKRAINE PHOTOGRAPH BY VIKTOR O LEDENYOV 18082014 (06).jpg|thumb|upright|Green Trees at City Park at Old Fortress]]

[[File:(112) PANORAMIC VIEW ON RIV RIVER IN CITY OF BAR REGION OF VINNYTSIA STATE OF UKRAINE AT SUNSET TIME 20170826.jpg|thumb|Panoramic view on Riv river with white lilies in Bar at sunset time]]

[[File:(010)_UKRAINIAN_FOLKLORE_FESTIVAL_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_20170824.jpg|thumb|2017 Ukrainian folklore festival]]

[[File:WIKIMEDIA UKRAINIAN FOLK FESTIVAL TOWN OF BAR VINNYTSIA REGION STATE OF UKRAINE PHOTOGRAPH BY VIKTOR O LEDENYOV 23082013 (38).jpg|thumb|Ukrainian Folk Festival in 2013]]

===Apple Bar Festival===
The Apple Bar Festival has been conducted by city authorities in Bar since 2018.
<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple Bar Festival 1 |url=https://vezha.vn.ua/apple-bar-fest-u-baru-pid-vinnytseyu-vidbudetsya-festyval-yabluka/ |website= |access-date=2021-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814185154/https://vezha.vn.ua/apple-bar-fest-u-baru-pid-vinnytseyu-vidbudetsya-festyval-yabluka/ |archive-date=14 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Bar Festival 2|url=http://vlasno.info/kultura/6/festivali/item/20500-yabluku-nide-vpasty-na-vinnychchyni-vidbuvsia-pershyi-iabluchnyi-fest-foto|website=vlasno.info|access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Bar Festival 3|url=https://vezha.ua/yabluk-bagato-ne-buvaye-na-vinnychchyni-vidbudetsya-apple-bar-fest-2-video/|website=vezha.ua|date=12 October 2018 |access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Bar Festival 4|url=https://www.myvin.com.ua/news/1906-u-mbar-vidbuvsia-ii-mizhnarodnyi-festyval-iarmarok-apple-bar|website=myvin.com.ua|date=22 October 2018 |access-date=2021-12-03}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-culture/2563158-na-vinniccini-proveli-ii-miznarodnij-festival-abluk-apple-bar.html|title=На Вінниччині провели ІІ Міжнародний яблучний фестиваль Apple Bar|date=21 October 2018|website=www.ukrinform.ua|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barnews.city/articles/8212/misto-bar-zaproshue-na-festival-apple-bar-2018|title=Місто Бар запрошує на фестиваль APPLE BAR – 2018|website=БарNews.City|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vinnitsa.info/news/na-vinnichchini-vdruge-provedut-festival-apple-bar-programa.html|title=На Вінниччині вдруге проведуть фестиваль Apple Bar. Програма|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Apple Bar Festival 8|date=11 October 2018 |url=https://uatv.ua/v-vinnitskoj-oblasti-vo-vtoroj-raz-organizuyut-festival-yarmarku-apple-bar-video/}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bar-city.gov.ua/article/iy-mizhnarodnyy-festyvalyarmarok-apple-bar/|title=І-Й МІЖНАРОДНИЙ ФЕСТИВАЛЬ-ЯРМАРОК "APPLE BAR"!|date=22 June 2020|website=bar-city.gov.ua|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>

===Parks===
There is park at the old Bar fortress on the Riv River, near the center of the town.<ref name="Sights of Ukraine"/>

===Music===
There are the Ukrainian traditional dancing and music clubs, functioning at the Culture Palace and at the Humanitarian Pedagogical College in downtown Bar, including the "Barvy" traditional music group.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/-1CsARj3Qtc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200326231704/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1CsARj3Qtc&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1CsARj3Qtc| title = гурт БАРВИ. місто #Бар 2009 рік | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 20 February 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Sport===
[[File:(009)_PLAYING_TENNIS_GAME_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_20170825.jpg|thumb|Playing tennis game at court with synthetic rubber cover]]
[[File:(001)_BAR_BASKETBALL_ARENA_IN_CITY_OF_BAR_REGION_OF_VINNYTSIA_STATE_OF_UKRAINE_PHOTOGRAPH_BY_VIKTOR_O_LEDENYOV_20190816.jpg|thumb|Playing basketball at Bar Basketball Arena]]Bar has facilities for many recreational activities, including tennis courts, a football stadium, a basketball arena,<ref>{{cite web|title=Regina-Basket Bar basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details |url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Ukraine/Regina-Basket_Bar/14960?Women=1&Page=0|website=Basketball.eurobasket.com|access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref> and a swimming pool. The "Kolos" stadium is in process of reconstruction and modernization presently.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolos stadium |url=https://barnews.city/articles/178325/yak-viglyadatime-barskij-stadion-pislya-rekonstrukcii-foto-|access-date=2021-12-05}}</ref> Fishing is quite popular at the Riv River and nearby lakes. Bicycling is also popular in Bar.

==="Bar's Adventures" old people council===
"The Bar's Adventures" old people council conducts the meetings regularly.<ref>{{cite web|title="Bar's Adventures" old people council 1|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=832|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Bar's Adventures" old people council 2|url=https://barnews.city/articles/173349/uchasniki-pridibencij-po-barski-aktivno-provodyat-chas-ta-zustrichayutsyaz-riznimi-lyudmi-|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Bar's Adventures" old people council 3|url=https://barnews.city/articles/170902/zustrich-uchasnikiv-proektu-pridibencij-po-barski-z-terapevtom-|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref>

==Transport==

===Air===
There is a small airport for the light business jets and helicopters, which is equipped with all kinds of navigation devices and systems in Bar. At the same location, there is a big beyond-visual range radar, which provides the air traffic control and navigation services in Ukrainian, Russian and English languages for various airplanes and helicopters.

=== Railway ===
There is a railway station nearby. The distance from the center of Bar to the Bar railway station is {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://e-kassa.com/rasp/stancija-bar-ukraina.html |title=Бар (Україна). Расписание поездов по станции Бар (Украина) |website=E-kassa.com |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://poezdato.net/raspisanie-po-stancyi/bar,vinnitskaya-obl/ |title=Бар,Винницкая обл.: расписание поездов и электричек |website=Poezdato.net |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>

===Intercity bus===
There is an inter-city bus station in the center of Bar.

===Automobiles===
The electric cars are becoming very popular in Bar.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/sKgy6nOwecQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200428123500/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKgy6nOwecQ&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKgy6nOwecQ| title = Nissan Leaf: тест-драйв автомобіля з підприємцем Василем Хоменком | website=[[YouTube]]| date = May 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> There are several modern electric automobiles power charging stations in the city, which are situated near the "Barselona" hotel, the Bar College of Transport and Construction, etc.

==Media==

===Newspapers===
The main local newspaper is ''Barchany'' (name for the city residents),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bar-city.com.ua/gazeta_barchani/index.htm |title=Офіційний сайт м.Бар &#124; Барська міська рада |website=Bar-city.com.ua |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-date=27 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727124810/http://bar-city.com.ua/gazeta_barchani/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> which discusses local news mostly.

The other newspaper is ''Podolsky Krai'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-region.info/02471376 |title=ПОДОЛЬСКИЙ КРАЙ, РЕДАКЦИЯ РАЙОННОЙ ГАЗЕТЫ (Винницкая обл., Барский р-н, г. Бар) — сайт, контакты, адреса, телефоны, продукция и услуги, интернет реклама |website=Ua-region.info |date=2013-07-24 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spr.ua/bar-i-barskiy-rayon/podolskiy-kray-redaktsiya-rayonnoy-gazeti-kommunalnoe-gp.html |title=ПОДОЛЬСКИЙ КРАЙ, РЕДАКЦИЯ РАЙОННОЙ ГАЗЕТЫ, КОММУНАЛЬНОЕ ГП: адрес, телефон, сайт &#124; подольский край, редакция районной газеты, коммунальное гп в Баре и Барском районе &#124; 321932 |website=Spr.ua |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202202833/http://www.spr.ua/bar-i-barskiy-rayon/podolskiy-kray-redaktsiya-rayonnoy-gazeti-kommunalnoe-gp.html |archive-date=2016-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which provides information on local news and developments.

===TV and Radio Stations===
There are several TV and Radio stations in Bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukrtvr.org/city/40|title=Бар (місто)|website=ukrtvr.org|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref> "Bar FM 105.7" at 105.7MHz is a most popular radio station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio-ua.com/bar-fm-bar-fm|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=radio-ua.com/bar-fm-bar-fm|accessdate=7 November 2025}}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://radioua.com.ua/1262-bar-fm.html|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=radioua.com.ua|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://bestradio.fm/ukraine/3743-bar-105-7.html|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=bestradio.fm|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mytuner-radio.com/radio/bar-fm-bar-fm-501871|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=mytuner-radio.com|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlineradiobox.com/ua/bar|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=onlineradiobox.com|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://topradio.mobi/online/bar-fm-bar-ukraina|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=topradio.mobi|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref> 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://top-radio.com.ua/bar|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=top-radio.com.ua|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://keepone.net/radio/k165244/fm-bar-fm-105-7|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=keepone.net|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://es.streema.com/radios/Bar_FM|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=es.streema.com|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ukrtvr.org/trk/83|title=Бар ФМ 105.7 (радіостанція на 105.7МГц)|website=ukrtvr.org|accessdate=8 November 2025}}</ref> The [[Digital Audio Broadcasting]] radio will be introduced soon.

There is an optical cable TV station  with the modern digital electronic equipment and multiple satellite antennas to produce the local / international news programs for many thousands of householders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vitatv.com.ua/m-bar|title=ВІТА ТБ БАР (телевізійне агенство)|website=vitatv.com.ua|accessdate=10 November 2025}}</ref>

===Internet Media===
"The Bar City" official news website informs the residents and tourists about the official news in the City of Bar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bar-city.gov.ua/|title=Головна - Офіційний веб-сайт Барської міської ради|website=bar-city.gov.ua|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>

"The Bar News" regional information agency with a network of its reporters focuses on the local news publishing mainly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://barnews.city/|title=Бар: свіжі новини, погода, історії, цікаві місця та люди Вінницької області|website=БарNews.City|accessdate=22 June 2023}}</ref>

"The Bar Ceramics National Museum" internet media platform reports the local news about the Bar's ceramics development projects in the surrounding region. 
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There is the Bar City News channel at YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJrNvgnvEzYObhUWdNBr9BA|title=Бар Життя міста|via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Cuisine==
Many cities provide the encyclopedic information on the cuisine, created in the course of history. The [[Ukrainian cuisine]] has formed and evolved in the historical process of the food selection and preparation through many centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CT%5CR%5CTraditionalfoods.htm |title=Traditional foods |website=Encyclopediaofukraine.com |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>

Bar's traditional cuisine includes pork, beef, chicken, fish, potato, grains, rice, mushrooms and various vegetables. Bar's cuisine, includes [[borsch]] or Ukrainian red soup with meat, beets, cabbage, mushrooms, potato; the Ukrainian [[ukha]] soup with the fish; the Ukrainian "shi" soup with [[sauerkraut]]; Ukrainian [[varenyky]] with meat, potato and cheese; the Ukrainian [[holubtsi]] with pork and beef, rice, carrot; the Ukrainian kotleta-po-Kyivs'ky with the pork and beef meet, the Ukrainian pork and beef sausages; Ukrainian smoked pork and beef sausages; Ukrainian [[shashlyk]] with pork and beef meat prepared on an open fire; grilled chicken with red pepper sauce; grilled duck with apples and black pepper; Ukrainian [[pierogi]] with meat, apples, and cherries; Ukrainian [[pizza]] with meat, vegetables and cheese.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://countries.turistua.com/ru/ukraina-kitchen.htm |title=Национальная кухня Украины // Украина – национальные блюда |website=Countries.turistua.com |access-date=2016-02-11 |archive-date=11 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011195838/http://countries.turistua.com/ru/ukraina-kitchen.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ufj.ho.ua/ |title=Ukrainian Food Journal |website=Ufj.ho.ua |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>

Potato with mushrooms, or macaroni and cheese, or pasta with cheese, or "kartoplyanyky" / "deruny" / "draniki" with grated potato and onions, or rice with green peas are normally provided as the garnish.

Bar's Jews have their own cuisine, based on the fish, chicken and vegetables products mainly. Stuffed pike from Riv river, cooked in the oven and liverwurst is also eaten.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

There are many restaurants and cafés, which serve the Ukrainian traditional food, tea, coffee in the city.

The map of Ukraine was created by using the "kartoplyanyky" / "deruny" / "draniki", made of potato, in Bar in 2018.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/uqSYiqSunGA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200428123454/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqSYiqSunGA&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqSYiqSunGA| title = В місті Бар створили мапу країни з картопляників 27 08 2018 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 27 August 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Racial groups in 2005<ref name="barrda.gov.ua"/>
|label1 = White
|value1 = 94
|color1 = Red
|label2 = Asian
|value2 = 1
|color2 = Orange
|label3 = Black
|value3 = 1
|color3 = Yellow
|label4 = Mixed
|value4 = 2
|color4 = Green
|label5 = Arab
|value5 = 1
|color5 = Blue
|label6 = Other
|value6 = 1
|color6 = Purple
}}
According to the Statistics Department, there are the following race groups in the city (see the diagram).<ref name="barrda.gov.ua">{{cite web |url=http://www.barrda.gov.ua/index.php?page=269 |title=Відділ статистики у Барському районі |website=Barrda.gov.ua |access-date=2016-02-10 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003135408/http://www.barrda.gov.ua/index.php?page=269 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bar population has the White, Asian, Black, Mixed, Arab and other racial groups.

==Notable people==
* [[Danylo Nechay]], a Ukrainian Cossack military commander and political activist, was born in Bar in 1612.
* [[Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi]], architect, was born in his parents family from Bar in Litkovychi in 1713. 
* [[Viktor Bunyakovsky]], noted as a [[mathematician]] of the 19th century, was born in the city in 1804.
* [[Joseph Barondess]], a writer, a labor leader and a political figure in New York City's Lower East Side Jewish community in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century, was born in Bar in 1867.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanjewisharchives.org/collections/ms0507/ |title=Joseph Barondess Papers |publisher=Americanjewisharchives.org |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref> Joseph Barondess organized the [[Hebrew Actors' Union]], which played an important role at [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in New York in 1900, and at [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in Los Angeles, California at later years. The [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] was created by [[Louis B. Mayer]] from [[MGM]] and some others. 
* [[Mykhailo Hrushevsky]], first President of the State of Ukraine, who wrote a number of books and articles about Bar in 1892–1895. There is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky monument in Bar.
* [[Batsheva Katznelson]], an [[Israel]]i politician, who served as a member of the [[Knesset]] for the [[General Zionists]] between 1951 and 1955, was born in Bar in 1897.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=466 |title=Knesset Member, Batsheva Katznelson |publisher=Knesset.gov.il |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref>
* [[Jacobo Timerman]] was born in Bar in 1923, and became internationally renowned as an [[editor]] and [[journalist]] in Argentina.
* [[Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky]] wrote a few of his well-known writings while living in Bar. His house is a place of interest for the Ukrainian and foreign tourists and it is under reconstruction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bar-library.com/index.php?page=145&news=507 |title=Барська районна бібліотека |website=Bar-library.com |date=2015-09-17 |access-date=2016-02-10}}</ref>
* [[Mykola Leontovych]], a Ukrainian composer, [[Choir|choral]] [[conducting|conductor]], and music teacher of international renown, spent a part of his childhood together with his family in village of Shershni in Bar's suburbs in Bar's district in 1879 - 1887.
*[[Igor Vovkovinskiy]], he was the tallest man in the United States and he was born in Bar before immigrating to the USA.
*[[Leon Malyi]], Roman Catholic prelate, the Titular Bishop of Tabunia and Auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Lviv.

==Twin towns — sister cities==
{{More citations needed section|date=May 2016}}
Bar is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref name="bar-city.com.ua"/>{{unreliable source?|reason=Does not link to sister city references|date=May 2016}}

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! ! style="background:#810541; color:white; width:150px;"| County / District / Region / State
! style="background:#810541; color:white;" !  |
! ! style="background:#810541; color:white; width:150px;"| Country
! style="background:#810541; color:white;" !  |
|-
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[Kwidzyn]]
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[File:POL Kwidzyn flag.svg|25px]], [[File:POL Kwidzyn COA.svg|25px]]
! style="background:#ffffcf; color:black;" !  | '''[[Pomerania]]n'''
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[File:POL województwo pomorskie flag.svg|25px]], [[File:POL województwo pomorskie COA.svg|25px]]
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | ''[[Poland]]''
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | {{flagicon|POL}}, [[File:Herb Polski.svg|25px]]
|-
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[Rybnik]]
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[File:POL Rybnik flag.svg|25px]], [[File:POL Rybnik COA.svg|25px]]
! style="background:#ffffcf; color:black;" !  | '''[[Silesia]]n'''
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[File:POL województwo śląskie flag.svg|25px]], [[File:POL województwo śląskie COA.svg|25px]]
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | ''[[Poland]]''
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | {{flagicon|POL}}, [[File:Herb Polski.svg|25px]]
|-
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[Bari]]
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[File:Flag of Bari.svg|25px]], [[File:Bari-Stemma.png|25px]]
! style="background:#ffffcf; color:black;" !  | '''[[Apulia]]'''
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | [[File:Flag of Apulia.svg|25px]], [[File:Coat of Arms of Apulia.svg|25px]]
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | ''[[Italy]]''
! style="background:#ffffef; color:black;" !  | {{flagicon|ITA}}, [[File:Emblem of Italy.svg|25px]]
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode='packed'>
File:Покровська церква з келіями 03.jpg|Church of the Intercession with cells
File:Podoliabar.jpg|Podolia, Bar
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Ukraine|Europe|Geography
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* [[List of cities in Ukraine]]
* [[List of castles in Ukraine]]
* [[List of castles in Europe]]
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* Hrushevsky, M., Etnographic data about Bar's population until XVIII century, Readings of Nestora-Letopistsa Historical Society, Kyiv, Ukraine, vol. VI, 1892.
* Hrushevsky, M., Organization of management in Bar Starostvo, Readings of Nestora-Letopistsa Historical Society, Kyiv, Ukraine, vol. IX, 1895.
* Hrushevsky, M., Bar Starostvo: Historical Notes: XV-XVIII, St. Vladimir University Publishing House, Bol'shaya-Vasil'kovskaya, Building no. 29–31, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1894; Lviv, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-5-12-004335-9}}, pp.&nbsp;1 – 623, 1996.
* Podolynnyi A., Town of Bar, Mayak Publishing House, Odesa, Ukraine, 1990, pp.&nbsp;1 – 62.
* Bondarczuk I., Nawrocki S., Jaltuchowski M., Telega J., Czornyj A., Bodnarczuck S., Mejdbrajer S. (editors), Bar, Wykonawca: Max, Joanna Moroczek, 86–200 Stronno, ul. Topolowa 9, Poland, pp.&nbsp;1 – 91, 2001.
* Storozhuk A., Podil's'ky Bar and its Suburbs: History and Present (Events. Features. Facts), Humanitarian – Pedagogical College, Bar, Ukraine, UDK 94 (477.44), pp.&nbsp;1 – 282, 2010.
* Jaltuchowski M. P., Lozinsky I., Lozinsky O., Siroklin O., Perun I., Bitko N., Welcome to Town of Bar at Podill'ya Region, "Papirus" Publishing House, 2005.
* Jaltuchowski M. P., Magdeburg Right and Self – Administration in Bar and its Surrounding Districts in XVI – Beginning of XX Centuries, Grigorchuk P. S., Zin'ko Yu. A. (editors), Scientific Notes, Vinnytsia State Pedagogic University named after M. Kotsyubinsky, Series: History, Issue XIX, pp.&nbsp;8 – 11, 2011.
* Mesnyankin E. I., Role of [[Bona Sforza]] and Bernard Pretvich in Adaptation of Magdeburg Right in Town of Bar, Hryhorchuk P. S., Zin'ko Yu. A. (editors), Scientific Notes, Vinnytsia State Pedagogic University named after M. Kotsyubinsky, Series: History, Issue XIX, pp.&nbsp;15 – 19, 2011.
* [[Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan]], Description of Ukraine, 1650; Kravets Ya. (translator), Kamenyar Publishing House, Lviv, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-5-7745-0300-1}}, pp.&nbsp;1 – 301, 1990.
* Tsytsyurs'ka V. A., The restoration project of the fortress in the town Bar, ІІІ International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives," Bar, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-617-7171-10-1}}, pp.&nbsp;24–42, September 2014.
* Esiunin S., The Town of Bar in Mogilev District in the early twentieth century, ІІІ International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives," Bar, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-617-7171-10-1}}, pp.&nbsp;75–81, September 2014.
* Koval' N. O., The figure of Queen Bona Sforza in the history of Bar land in Podill'ya, ІІІ International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives," Bar, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-617-7171-10-1}}, pp.&nbsp;207–209, September 2014.
* Zelenen'ka I. A., Bar's school of modern Ukrainian poetry, ІІІ International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives," Bar, Ukraine, {{ISBN|978-617-7171-10-1}}, pp.&nbsp;291–300, September 2014.
* Dmytrienko M. F., Mosunov M. M., Bakalets' O. A. et al. (editors), Proceedings of the IV International Scientific Conference "Bar's Land Podill'ya: European Heritage and Innovative Development Perspectives: To 615 anniversary since documented memory about City of Riv(Bar), 475 anniversary since Magdeburg Law, 150 anniversary since Hrushevsky, M birthday," Bar-Kyiv, Ukraine, September 9–10, 2016, Rogal's'ka І. О. Publisher, Khmel'nyts'ke Shose 145, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, pp.&nbsp;1–248, 2016.
* Bar, City in Podol'skoy Gubernii, Encyclopedia Dictionary by Brokgauz and Efron, vol. 86 (82 vols. and 4 additional vols.), St. Petersbourg, Russia, 1890–1907; {{ВТ-ЭСБЕ|Бар, город Подольской губернии}}
* Bar, vol. VII, Big Soviet Encyclopedia, Soviet Encyclopedia Publishing House, Moscow, Russia, 1969–1978.
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==External links==
{{commons category|Bar, Ukraine}}
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CA%5CBar.htm Encyclopedia of Ukraine]
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Bar (town)|display=Bar, a town of Russia|short=x}}
* {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Bar (Russia)|display=Bar, Russia |short=x}}
* [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Ukraine/_Topics/history/_Texts/HANAOD/11*.html Pogrom in Bar] during the Khmelnitsky uprising, as described by Rabbi Nathan Hanover in ''Abyss of Despair'' — a contemporary report
* [http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=324 The murder of the Jews of Bar] during World War II, at [[Yad Vashem]] website.

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