Narodychi () is a

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Korosten Raion Korosten Raion () is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern 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 borde ...

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, northern

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. It was the administrative center of the former

Narodychi Raion Narodychi Raion () was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Narodychi. The last estimate of the raion population before its abolition in 2020 was Geography The raion was located in ...

, and after the reform in 2020, the city became part of the Korosten Raion. It lies on the northern side of the

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, 134 kilometres northwest of

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. Population:

History

Narodytchi is located in the historic region of

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. Narodytchi was first mentioned in historical records in 1545. According to the census of 1897, the total population is 4576 including 2054 Jewish inhabitants. It attained the status of an urban-type settlement in 1958. The

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in 1986 had an extremely negative impact on all spheres of life in Narodychi. According to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated July 23, 1991 Narodichi was evacuated and was one of the worst hit areas by the radiation, affecting some 93,000 people in the Narodychi town and surrounding

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, 20,000 of which were children. This led to the cessation of all industrial enterprises and one of two secondary schools were closed. On the streets of Narodichi are many abandoned houses and dilapidated buildings of educational and medical institutions, etc. Vital functions of the town however are gradually being established. Russian troops occupied parts of the from the 24 February

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to 4 April 2022.Zhytomyr region is liberated from Russian troops - the head of the Regional Military administration

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(4 April 2022) Until 26 January 2024, Narodychi was designated

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

Geography

It lies on the northern side of the

, 107 km northeast of

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and 134 km northwest of

Economy

Narodychi contains several industrial companies, including a bakery, a plant for the production of technical tapes (CP "tape") and a joint Bulgarian-Ukrainian producer of sewing accessories Ltd. ("TWI TKF"), although agriculture is practiced by most of the people, with extensive fields in the town and suburbs. The town has gymnasium, kindergarten, children's art house and central regional hospital.

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History

Geography

Economy

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