Obukhiv

Coordinates: 50°7′48″N 30°39′24″E / 50.13000°N 30.65667°E / 50.13000; 30.65667
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Not to be confused with Obukhov.
Obukhiv
Обухів
City
Main square of Obukhiv
Main square of Obukhiv
UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
08700—08705
Area code+380 4572

Obukhiv (Ukrainian: Обухів) is a city in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine and the administrative center of Obukhiv Raion. It hosts the administration of Obukhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 33,287 (2022 estimate).[2] In 2001, the population was 32,776.

The city has a

Lenin monument which was repeatedly vandalized. It is 178 km south - southeast of Chernobyl
.

Until 18 July 2020, Obukhiv was incorporated as a

Obukhiv Municipality. It also served as the center of Obukhiv Raion even though it did not belong to the raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven, Obukhiv Municipality was merged into Obukhiv Raion.[3][4]

History

The settlement of Obukhiv, originally known as Lukavytsia was first mentioned in historical documents in 1362.

Geography

Obukhiv has a dry sub-humid (0.5 - 0.65 p/pet) climate. The land area is not cultivated, but most of the natural vegetation remains intact. The landscape is mainly covered with mosaic vegetation/croplands. The climate is classified as humid continental (humid with severe winter, no dry season with a cool temperate moist forest bio-zone. The soil in the area is high in chernozems, phaeozems, greyzems (ch), dark colored, deep soils in organic matter, calcareous lower in profile, also typical of grass steppe/prairie.

Climate

July is the warmest with an average temperature of 24.8 °C at noon. January is coldest with an average temperature of -8.3 °C at night. Obukhiv has distinct cold and warm seasons, like cold winters and warm summers. The temperatures at night are cooler than during the daytime.[5]

Winter has prolonged freezing periods, with the coldest month most often being December. July is on average the month with the most sunshine. Rainfall and other precipitation have no distinct peak month.[5]

Climate data for Obukhiv, Ukraine
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 11.0
(51.8) 		15.0
(59.0) 		10.0
(50.0) 		26.0
(78.8) 		35.0
(95.0) 		34.0
(93.2) 		36.8
(98.2) 		37.0
(98.6) 		33.0
(91.4) 		27.0
(80.6) 		19.0
(66.2) 		15.0
(59.0) 		37
(99)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.6
(27.3) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		3.9
(39.0) 		13.4
(56.1) 		20.3
(68.5) 		23.5
(74.3) 		24.8
(76.6) 		24.0
(75.2) 		18.9
(66.0) 		12.0
(53.6) 		4.5
(40.1) 		0.0
(32.0) 		11.8
(53.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −5.4
(22.3) 		−4.4
(24.1) 		0.4
(32.7) 		8.7
(47.7) 		15.1
(59.2) 		18.3
(64.9) 		19.6
(67.3) 		18.7
(65.7) 		13.9
(57.0) 		8.0
(46.4) 		1.9
(35.4) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		7.7
(45.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −8.2
(17.2) 		−7.3
(18.9) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		4.0
(39.2) 		9.9
(49.8) 		13.2
(55.8) 		14.5
(58.1) 		13.5
(56.3) 		9.0
(48.2) 		3.9
(39.0) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		−4.7
(23.5) 		3.7
(38.6)
Record low °C (°F) −27.0
(−16.6) 		−30.0
(−22.0) 		−19.0
(−2.2) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		2.0
(35.6) 		6.0
(42.8) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		−10.0
(14.0) 		−25.0
(−13.0) 		−30.0
(−22.0) 		−30.0
(−22.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 35
(1.4) 		32
(1.3) 		34
(1.3) 		47
(1.9) 		55
(2.2) 		97
(3.8) 		74
(2.9) 		57
(2.2) 		60
(2.4) 		37
(1.5) 		45
(1.8) 		39
(1.5) 		612
(24.1)
Average rainy days 9 8 8 10 10 13 11 9 10 8 10 10 116
Source: Obukhiv Weather History[6]

Culture

September 15th is the Day of Obukhiv.[citation needed]

Government

UDAR of Vitaliy Klychko (11 with 23,9%).[7][8]

Levchenko was reelected as mayor in the October

Servant of the People.[9]
)

Transportation

Major Roads

Airports

No major airports are close to the city.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine

Twin towns – Sister cities

Obukhiv is

twinned
with:

Notable people

Gallery

  • One of the city streets
    One of the city streets
  • One of the city streets
    One of the city streets
  • City Park
    City Park
  • Holodomor monument in Obukhiv, Ukraine.
    Holodomor monument in Obukhiv, Ukraine.
  • Old mill at the Holodomor monument in Obukhiv, Ukraine.
    Old mill at the Holodomor monument in Obukhiv, Ukraine.
  • Monument to poet Andriy Malyshko
    Monument to poet Andriy Malyshko

References

  1. ^ "Обуховская городская громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ a b [1] Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine; Chinci World Atlas; February 4, 2011
  6. ^ "Obukhiv Weather History". Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Mayoral elections in Obukhiv sound alarm bells for the opposition, Z I K (19 March 2012)
    PR:No falsification at Obukhiv elections, Kyiv Weekly (19 March 2012)
    Tymoshenko:'If we don't unite today, tomorrow we will tap on walls in prison, rather than write letters', Interfax-Ukraine (20 March 2012)
  8. Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  9. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (2 November 2020)

External links

  • myobukhiv.com - information about local government and businesses in Obukhiv (in Russian and Ukrainian)
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