Korosten
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Korosten Коростень |
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| City of regional significance | |||
Main street of Korosten
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 Korosten
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| Coordinates: 50°57′N 28°38′E / 50.950°N 28.633°ECoordinates: 50°57′N 28°38′E / 50.950°N 28.633°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Zhytomyr | ||
| Founded | 705 | ||
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| • Total | 42.31 km2 (16.34 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 171 m (561 ft) | ||
| Population (1 September 2015) | |||
| • Total | 65,072 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Korosten (Ukrainian: Ко́ростень, historically also Iskorosten') is a historic city and a large railway node in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It is located on the Uzh River. Korosten serves as the administrative center of the Korosten Raion (district), though administratively it is not part of the raion and is incorporated as a city of regional significance. Population: 65,503 (2013 est.)
The city was founded over a millennium ago and was the capital of the Drevlyans, an ancient Slavic tribe that was later incorporated into Kievan Rus′. The name may be derived from the word korost 'brushwood, bushes, shrubbery'; the form Iskorosten' sometimes found in early sources is probably based on the common repetition of prepositions in Old Russian: iz grada iz... 'from the city from...'.
During World War II, Korosten was occupied by the German Army from August 7, 1941 to December 28, 1943 (it was briefly captured by Red Army forces during the Kiev offensive on November 17, 1943, but they had to retreat after a strong German counterattack). The city was destroyed during the war.
After the nuclear incident in Chernobyl, which is around 90 kilometers away, in May 1986, the city was declared a zone of voluntary evacuation, as it had suffered considerable fallout.
Korosten Industrial Park (KIP) is an industrial zone within the city. Total area — 246 hectares (0.94 sq mi). Conceptual design of the park was developed by Czech design bureau DHV. The project envisages the creation of the territory of the KIP high-tech enterprises, enterprises of light and medium industrial production - the assembly, integration, surface processing, light engineering and electrical industries.
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