Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske (; ) is a

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Chernihiv Raion Chernihiv Raion () is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is the city of Chernihiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Chernihi ...

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast (), also referred to as Chernihivshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Chernihiv. There are 1,511 sett ...

, northern

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. It hosts the administration of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske settlement hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. The village is named after the Ukrainian writer

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky Mykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky (; 17 September 1864 – 25 April 1913) was a Ukrainian author whose writings described typical Ukrainian life at the start of the 20th century. Kotsiubynsky's early stories were described as examples of an e ...

. Population:

History

The settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1667. In 1935, the village was renamed in honor of the classic of Ukrainian literature M.M. Kotsiubynsky. Until 26 January 2024, Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske became a rural settlement.

Geography

The Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske is located in the east of Chernihiv Oblast, about west of the city of

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

. It is located within the

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. The relief of the surface of the Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske is a lowland plain, there are oxbow lake and artificial lakes in the floodplain of the river. The climate of Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske is moderately continental, with warm summers and relatively mild winters. The average temperature in January is about -7°C, and in July - +19°C. The average annual precipitation ranges from 550 to 660 mm, with the highest precipitation in the summer period. The most common are sod-podzolic soils.The Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske is located in the natural zone of mixed forests, in

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. The main species in the forests are pine, oak, birch.''Білоус, М. Д. Географія Чернігівської області'' / М. Д. Білоус. — Чернігів: Ранок, 2010. — 144 с Retrieved 2025-07-08 The hromada has developed agriculture, wood processing, and food production.

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway station is , a couple of kilometers north of the settlement, on the railway line connecting Chernihiv and

Slavutych Slavutych (, ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, purpose-built for the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the 1986 disaster that occurred near the city of Pripyat. Geographically located within Chern ...

. Regional highways pass through the Mykhailo-Kotsiubynske. Settlement is on a road which runs from Chernihiv to the west, crosses into Belarus and proceeds to

Mazyr Mazyr or Mozyr (, ; , ; ; ) is a city in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Mazyr District. It is situated on the Pripyat (river), Pripyat River about east of Pinsk and northwest of Chernobyl in Ukraine. As of 2025, ...

References

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