Uzyn (, ) is a

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Bila Tserkva Raion Bila Tserkva Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bila Tserkva. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was ...

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...

(

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) in central

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. It hosts the administration of Uzyn urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. The city and covers an area of . Population: The largest industrial organisations within Uzyn are sugar plant (7% of Ukraine's sugar production), as well as a tinning factory. There is also

Uzyn (air base) Uzyn (Chepelevka) is an inactive military airfield of the USSR and Ukrainian Long Range Aviation located on the south-eastern outskirts of Uzyn, Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast. It is one of the largest airfields in the territory of the former So ...

of the

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History

Uzyn was first mentioned in the year 1590 under the name ''Uzenytsia'', and later as ''Tenbershchyna''. Since the end of the 18th century, the city carries its current name. From 1923 to 1930, the city served as the raion centre of the Bila Tserkva

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. In 1956, Uzyn received the status of an

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, and in 1971, the status of a city.

Demographics

The population of Uzyn is currently 11,935 (as of 2021):Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv:

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. * 1975 - 16,000 inhabitants * 2004 - 12,759 inhabitants * 2005 - 12,628 inhabitants * 2006 - 12,588 inhabitants * 2011 - 12,166 inhabitants * 2021 - 11,935 inhabitants

Notable people

Pavel Popovich Pavel Romanovich Popovich (; ; 5 October 1930 – 29 September 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut. Popovich was the fourth cosmonaut in space, the sixth person in orbit, the eighth person and first Ukrainians, Ukrainian in space. Bio ...

(1930–2009), a

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of Ukrainian descent, the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space.

References

Links

UZYN Project - the relevance site
{{Authority control Cities in Kyiv Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Former closed cities