Esman ( uk, Есмань, russian: Эсмань) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Shostka Raion
Shostka Raion ( uk, Шосткинський район) is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine
Central Ukraine ( uk, Центральна Україна, ''Tsentralna Ukraina'') consists of historical regions of left-bank Ukraine and ...
of
Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast ( uk, Сумська́ о́бласть, translit=Sumska oblast; also referred to as Sumshchyna – uk, Су́мщина) is an oblast (province) in the northeastern part of Ukraine. Population: The oblast was created in its most ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
. It is located on the left bank of the
Esman river
Esman ( uk, Есмань, russian: Эсмань) is an urban-type settlement in Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Esman river, a right tributary of the Kleven, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Es ...
, a right tributary of the
Kleven, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Esman hosts the administration of
Esman settlement hromada
Esman ( uk, Есмань, russian: Эсмань) is an urban-type settlement in Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Esman river, a right tributary of the Kleven, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Population:
The settlement was called Chervone, which means Red, until 2016. On 19 May 2016,
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
adopted decision to rename Chervone to Esman according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.
Until 18 July 2020, Esman belonged to
Hlukhiv Raion
Hlukhiv Raion ( uk, Глухівський район) was a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the town of Hlukhiv, which was administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and di ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Sumy Oblast to five. The area of Hlukhiv Raion was merged into Shostka Raion.
Economy
Transportation
The settlement has access to
Highway M02 which connects it with
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
and
Chernihiv
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...
, and to the north, across the Russian border, with
Oryol
Oryol ( rus, Орёл, p=ɐˈrʲɵl, lit. ''eagle''), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Fe ...
and
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
.
Esman railway station is located approximately north of the settlement. It is a terminal station of a line from
Khutir-Mykhailivskii, and there is no passenger traffic. Until the 1990s, it was a through station on a railroad connecting
Orsha
Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers.
History
Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha ...
and
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...
, but then the line south of Esman was demolished, since a short section of it was crossing Russia. The closest railway station with passenfer traffic is Khutir-Mykhailivskii.
References
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Urban-type settlements in Shostka Raion