(159181) Berdychiv = 2005 US12
Berdychiv is the second most populous city in the Zhytomyr region in the
northwest of Ukraine. First mentioned in 1320, the city is full of historical
places. Among these are the fortified Carmelite monastery of 1627 and
St. Barbara's Roman Catholic Church, where Honoré de Balzac married
Eveline Hanska.
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