Khmelnytskyi (Ukrainian: Хмельни́цький, Khmel'nyts'ky; Russian: Хмельни́цкий, Khmel'nitsky; Polish: Chmielnicki) (until 1954, Proskuriv, Ukrainian: Проскурів) is the administrative center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The city lies in the historic Podolia region on the banks of the Southern Buh River.