July 2, 2026

In 1843, French novelist Honore de Balzac stopped in the western Lithuanian town of Taurage on his way to Saint Petersburg to see his sweetheart, the Polish-Ukrainian countess Ewelina Hanska. On 14 March 1850 the two finally got married at St. Barbara's Church. That church is in which town in central Ukraine, which was a famous banking city back when the Russian Empire ruled the area?

A Berdychiv
B Pohrebyshche
C Kyiv, Ukraine
D Avil

Honoré de Balzac stayed in Tauroggen (Tauragė) in 1843 during travels through the Russian Empire. Later, on 14 March 1850, Balzac and Countess Ewelina Hanska married at St. Barbara's Church in Berdychiv, in what was then Russia and is now Ukraine.

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