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Ovruch
Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine, first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. It was the capital city of the Drevlians in the 900s, later conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century, then later part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In the 16th century it became part of Poland, as a royal city. After the second partition of Poland in 1793 it became part of the Russian Empire, and then part of Ukraine. Until 2020, it was the Capital city, administrative center of the former Ovruch Raion, until it was merged into Korosten Raion. It has a population of approximately and is home to the Ovruch (air base), Ovruch air base. Name In addition to the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian (''Ovruch''), in other languages the name of the city is and . History Ovruch originated as an important town of Kievan Rus', first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. Later after the sack of Korosten, Iskorosten it became the capital city of Drevlian. Saint Hyacinth of Poland evangeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovruch Urban Hromada
Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine, first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. It was the capital city of the Drevlians in the 900s, later conquered by the Mongols in the 13th century, then later part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In the 16th century it became part of Poland, as a royal city. After the second partition of Poland in 1793 it became part of the Russian Empire, and then part of Ukraine. Until 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Ovruch Raion, until it was merged into Korosten Raion. It has a population of approximately and is home to the Ovruch air base. Name In addition to the Ukrainian (''Ovruch''), in other languages the name of the city is and . History Ovruch originated as an important town of Kievan Rus', first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. Later after the sack of Iskorosten it became the capital city of Drevlian. Saint Hyacinth of Poland evangelized in the town between 1222 and 1234. The area suffered d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovruch Raion
Ovruch Raion () was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Ovruch. The raion covered an area of . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Ovruch Raion was merged into Korosten Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was See also *Chernobyl disaster *Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Initially, Soviet authorities declar ... References External links Find out Ovruch Region @ Ukrainian Travel Former raions of Zhytomyr Oblast Chernobyl Exclusion Zone 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovruch (air Base)
Ovruch (also Ovruch Southwest) is an air base in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ... located 8 km southwest of Ovruch. There are three large parking areas for fighters. The base appears to have capacity for about 50 planes. In 1993, the military unit was transferred to the village of , Horodok Raion. The airbase itself is used for purpose of storage and utilization of airplanes. Staffing Units stationed at Ovruch include the 4070th BRSV, with just over 140 Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft as of 1992). References Soviet military air bases in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Soviet Naval Aviation bases {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately History The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 22, 1937, out of territories of Vinnytsia Oblast, Vinnytsia and Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv oblasts as well as two okrugs of the Ukrainian SSR, border okrugs of Kyiv Oblast – Korosten Okrug and Novohrad-Volynsky Okrug. The oblast covers territories of the historic regions of Polesia, Volhynia, and Podolia, which are reflected on the oblast's coat of arms. Before the 18th century the larger half of the oblast belonged to the Kiev Voivodeship, Kyiv Voivodeship (), while the smaller western half around the city of Zviahel belonged to the Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795), Volyn Voivodeship. Following the Treaty of Andrusovo, the city of Zhytomyr () c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korosten
Korosten (, ), also historically known as Iskorosten (), is a historic city and a large transport hub in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located on the Uzh (Pripyat), Uzh River. Korosten serves as the Capital city, administrative center of Korosten Raion. As of January 2022, Korosten's population was approximately Name There are different theories about the origin of the name of the city. The name may be derived from the word ''korost'', 'brushwood, bushes, shrubbery'; the form ''Iskorosten'' sometimes found in early sources is probably based on the common repetition of prepositions in Old East Slavic: ''iz grada iz''... 'from the city from...'. Another theory holds that the city was built entirely of wood, and its walls were surrounded by an oak fence, unhewn, with bark, leading to the name Is-koro-sten, i.e. the city "from bark on the wall" in Ukrainian. Alternatively, the city might have been named after the sun god Khors/Xors - the main god of many tribes that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drevlian
The Drevlians, Derevlians or Derevlianians ( or , ) were a tribe of East Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries, which inhabited the territories of Polesia and right-bank Ukraine, west of the eastern Polans and along the lower reaches of the rivers Teteriv, Uzh, Ubort, and Stsviha. To the west, the Drevlians' territories reached the Sluch River, where the Volhynians (related to the territory of Volhynia) and Buzhans (related to the name of Southern Bug) lived. To the north, the Drevlians' neighbors were the Dregoviches. Etymology Their name is derived from Slavic ''drevo/древо'' or ''derevo/дерево'', meaning "wood" and "tree", because they lived in the forests. Their name may be rendered "the dwellers in the forest". They possibly were mentioned as ''Forsderen-Liudi'' by Bavarian Geographer in the 9th century. The ''Primary Chronicle'' (PVL) mentioned that those Slavs who settled in open fields had been called ''Polyani'' (after the Slavic ''pole/поле'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Ukraine
There are 463 populated places in Ukraine, populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 23 April 2025. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. Smaller settlements are Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlements () and villages (). Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a ''misto'' or ''selo''. In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges. The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The City with special status, cities with special status are shown in ''italic''. The average population size is 62,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital City
A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its Seat of government, seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements, sometimes meaning multiple official capitals. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in list of countries with multiple capitals, another place. English language, English-language media often use the name of the capital metonymy, metonymically to refer to the government sitting there. Thus, "London-Washington relations" is widely unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyacinth Of Poland
Hyacinth ( or ''Jacek Odrowąż''; – 15 August 1257) was a Polish Dominican Order, Dominican priest and missionary who worked to reform the women's monasteries in his native Poland. Educated in Paris and Bologna, he was a Doctor of Sacred Studies. Life Called the "Apostle of the North", Hyacinth was the son of Eustachius Koński of the noble House of Odrowąż, family of Odrowąż. He was born in 1185 at the castle of Lanka, at Kamień Śląski, Kamień, in Silesia, Poland. A near relative of Ceslaus, he made his studies in notable cities: Kraków, Prague, and Bologna, and at the latter place merited the title of Doctor of Law and Divinity. On his return to Poland he was given a prebend at Sandomierz, a medieval centre of administration in the Duchy of Sandomierz, south-eastern part of the country. He subsequently accompanied his uncle Iwo Odrowąż, Ivo Konski, the Bishop of Kraków, to Rome.While in Rome, he witnessed a miracle performed by Saint Dominic, Dominic of Osma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars (), or simply Crimeans (), are an Eastern European Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group and nation indigenous to Crimea. Their ethnogenesis lasted thousands of years in Crimea and the northern regions along the coast of the Black Sea, uniting Mediterranean basin, Mediterranean populations with those of the Eurasian Steppe.''Агджоян А. Т., Схаляхо Р. А., Утевская О. М., Жабагин М. К., Тагирли Ш. Г., Дамба Л. Д., Атраментова Л. А., Балановский О. П.'Генофонд крымских татар в сравнении с тюркоязычными народами Европы, 2015 Genome-wide study of the Crimean Tatars unveiled connections between them and the genomes of individuals from the Steppe during the Bronze Age, specifically those associated with the Yamnaya culture, Yamnaya archaeological culture. Until the 20th century, Crimean Tatars were the most populous demographic cohort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia'' (Penguin, 1995), p.14–16. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavs, East Slavic, Norsemen, Norse, and Finnic peoples, Finnic, it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangians, Varangian prince Rurik.Kievan Rus , Encyclopædia Britannica Online. The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century to describe the period when Kiev was preeminent. At its greatest extent in the mid-11th century, Kievan Rus' stretched from the White Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the River source, headwaters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
