Uzyn () is a city in Bila Tserkva Raion of

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) of northern

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

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History

Uzyn was first mentioned in the year 1590 under the name ''Uzenytsia'', and later as ''Tenberschyna''. 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 Bilotserkivskyi

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. In 1956, Uzyn received the status of 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 ...

, 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 (1930–2009), a

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

References

Links

UZYN Project - the relevance site
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