There are several versions of the origin of the Zhitomir city name, the first one - the name comes from the name of Slavic tribe - Zhitichi. The date of foundation of the city is 884, the first written mention about the Zhitomir dated by 1321 year. The economy of modern Zhitomir has well developed food and light industry, metallurgy, machine building. The largest enterprises of Zhytomyr: Zhytomyr Pharmaceutical Factory, State Enterprise "Zhytomyrskiy Likerovodochniy Zavod", the plant of the EKTA company, Zhitomir confectionery factory "ZHL". There are more than 10 higher education institutions in Zhitomir, several theaters, a philharmonic. The city's architecture includes numerous monuments of historical architecture (XVIII-XIX centuries).