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Ostroh (Ukrainian: Остро́г; Russian: Остро́г, Ostrog, Polish: Ostróg) is a historic city located in Rivne Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. Ostroh is the administrative center of the Ostroh Raion (district) and is itself designated as a special administrative subordination within the oblast. The current estimated population is around 15,202 (as of 2007). The Ostroh Academy was established here in 1576, the first higher educational institution in current Ukraine. Furthermore, in the 16th century, the first East Slavic books, notably the Ostrog Bible, were printed there.
The Hypatian Codex first mentions Ostroh in 1100, as a fortress of the Volhynian princes. Since the 14th century, it was the seat of the powerful Ostrogski princely family, who developed their town into a great center of learning and commerce. Upon the family's demise in the 17th century, Ostroh passed to the family of Zasławski and then Lubomirski.
In the second half of the 14th century, Ostroh, together with the whole of Volhynia, was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Following the Union of Lublin (1569), the town became part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, where it remained until the late 18th century (see Partitions of Poland). Ostroh, known in Polish as Ostrog, received Magdeburg rights in 1585. In the 17th century, the town was surrounded by fortifications, with a moat, a rampart and five bastions. In 1609–1753, it was the capital of the Ostrogski family fee tail, founded by Voivode Janusz Ostrogski, who invited Bernardine monks to Ostrog. Furthermore, the town had a Calvinist academy; among its lecturers was Andrzej Wegierski.
Gotta way to, fill the spaces
Fill the spaces that we once knew
Gotta way to, fill the spaces
Fill the spaces that we went through
I'll be goin' to the company store
I'll be hangin' with my old friends
I'll be goin' to the company store
As with my problems they will end
Gotta way to, hear the laughter
Hear the laughter that we once knew
Gotta way to, feel the feelings
Feel the feelings that you put me through
I'll build a rocket to fly across in
Fly across the trouble we know, yeah
I'll find my freedom, and with my freedom
I'll go wherever I choose yes
I don't wanna hear the voices
I don't wanna leave again
One good pass and I'll be gone from here
One good run and I'll be free
Got a rocket, in my pocket
Don't think I'll turn anyone in
It's my one thing, it's my one thing
I believe it can get me through yes
I'll refine it, they'll refine it
From this one horse town I know yeah
Get out of jail, with the bail here