Vinnytsia Museum of Transport Models

The residents of Vinnytsia had the right to own city land, trades and fairs, commercial and industrial establishments and other self-governing rights. From the beginning of the 16th century, the burghers regularly elected viyts to manage the city.

Under the terms of the Union of Lublin (1569), Vinnytsia became part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Since then, a new stage of development of the local lands has begun. From the 1570s, the Starostin government besieged the castle villages of Khyzhyntsi, Vyshnya, Tsvizhyn, Vedmedka, etc. on city lands. In 1598, the city became the center of the Bratslav Voivodeship, actively growing territorially: the suburbs of Sadka, Slobidka Dubytskyi, Vinnytsia Khutory, Mali Khutory, Shchitka and Telepenka appeared.