Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian:Хмельни́цький, Khmel'nyts'ky; Russian:Хмельни́цкий, Khmel'nitsky; Polish:Chmielnicki) (until 1954, Proskuriv, Ukrainian:Проскурів; Russian:Проску́ров, Proskurov) is a city in Western Ukraine, the administrative center for the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) and the Khmelnytskyi Raion. Khmelnytskyi is located in the historic region of Podolia on the banks of the Buh River. The city received its current local government designation in 1941.