The Ostroh Academy (Ukrainian: Острозька Академія, translit.: Ostroz'ka Akademiia; Polish: Akademia Ostrogska) was a first Ukrainian higher school founded in 1576 in Ostroh by the Ruthenian nobleman Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski.
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