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Vasylkiv Василькiв |
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 Vasylkiv
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| Coordinates: 50°10′42″N 30°18′57″E / 50.17833°N 30.31583°ECoordinates: 50°10′42″N 30°18′57″E / 50.17833°N 30.31583°E | |||
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Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Kiev Oblast Vasylkivskyi Raion |
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| First mentioned | 988 | ||
| Magdeburg law | 1586 | ||
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| • Total | 29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 36,672 | ||
| Postal code | 8600 — 8612 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 4571 | ||
Vasylkiv (Ukrainian: Василькiв, translit. Vasyl’kiv) is a city located on the Stuhna River in Kiev Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Vasylkivskyi Raion (district) though it does not belong to the raion. A settlement with an over 1000 years history, it was incorporated as a city in 1796. The city hosts the Vasylkiv air base since the Cold War. Population: 36,672 (2013 est.).
The exact date of the settlement's foundation is unknown but, according to the Primary Chronicle, it was the place where Vladimir the Great's numerous wives were living. After the Christianization of Kiev, Vladimir built there a fortress and named it Vasilev, after his patron saint - Saint Basil (Vasily). It was a birthplace of Saint Theodosius, and there is a Ukrainian baroque church (1756–58) commemorating this saint.
In 1658, the Russian military commander Yuri Baryatinsky defeated the army of hetman Ivan Vyhovsky's brother Konstantin near Vasylkiv, after the Ukrainian hetman switched the sides in favour of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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