Korostyshiv
Korostyshiv
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Korostýšiv (Ukrainian: Корости́шів, Polish: Korosteszów, Russian: Коросты́шев) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it served as the administrative center of the former Korostyshiv Raion. Population: 24,129 (2022 estimate).[1]
History
The city was founded around the VI-VII centuries. According to legend, the town was called Khminychi and was the center of one of the Drevlians tribes, the Minskians.
The first written mention as a village of
In July 1768, Ivan Bondarenko's Cossacks visited the town.[4]
In 1779,
According to the 1897 census, 7,863 residents lived in the city.
Korostyshev native Leebe Shaikovich, whose name would be modified to Louis Sakowitz when he emigrated to the United States in 1886, founded the high-fashion department store chain Sakowitz, based in Houston, Texas, U.S..[5]
On Oct 9, 1900 Henry de La Vaulx (1870–1930 and a companion set a distance record in a balloon traveling 1200 miles from Vincennes to Korostyshiv. in 35.75 hours
In 1938, the status of a city was granted.[6][7]
In January 1989, the population was 28 046 people.[8]
Gallery
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Korostyshiv railway station terminal
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City park
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Fountain in the park
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War memorial in Korostyshiv
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Korostyshiv pedagogical college
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Teteriv Riverin Korostyshiv
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Korostyshiv quarry
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
- Kohtla-Järve, Estonia[9]
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Polona". polona.pl. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Єршов В. О. Духовний світ митця Г. П. Олізара [Архівовано 1 липня 2015 у Wayback Machine.] // Українська полоністика. 2005. — № 2. — С. 157—173" (PDF).
- ^ Букет Євген. Іван Бондаренко — останній полковник Коліївщини. Історичний нарис. — Київ: Видавництво «Стікс», 2014. — 320 с. ISBN 978-966-2401-09-7
- ^ Zapata, Johhny. "Sakowitz: a legend in Houston retail" (PDF). Houston History. 17 (6). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Відомості Верховної Ради СРСР. — 1938. — № 21. — 15 грудня. — С. 4.
- ^ ИнфоРост, Н. П. "ГПИБ | СССР. Административно-территориальное деление союзных республик : изменения, происшедшие за время с 1/X 1938 г. по 1/III 1939 г. - М., 1939". elib.shpl.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Kohtla-Järve linn. Retrieved 1 March 2012.