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Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion
Новоград-Волинський район | |
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| Coordinates: 50°48′30″N 27°19′57″E / 50.80833°N 27.33250°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Admin. center | Novohrad-Volynskyi |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Area | |
• Total | 5,242.6 km2 (2,024.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 167,540 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Area code | +380 |
Novohrad-Volynskyi District (Raion) (Template:Lang-uk) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Novohrad-Volynskyi, which does not belong to the raion and is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. The raion covers an area of 5,242.6 square kilometres (2,024.2 sq mi). Population: 167,540 (2021 est.)[2]
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast was reduced to four, and the area of Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion was significantly expanded. [3][4] Before the expansion, the area of the raion was 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 43,789 (2020 est.)[5]
Brief
It is located in western part of region. Distance from district (Novograd-Volynskyi) to the regional center is 87 km by railway and of highways ways.
Natural tourist objects
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There is a number of the reserves in a district: “Horodnytskyi”, “Kazyava”, “Tuhanivskyi”, Chervonovilskyi” (all- national value), “Botanical”, “Myheivskyi”, “Sapozhynskyi”, “Storozhivskyi”, “Veresna”, “Klenovskyi”(local value), sight of nature of national value “Larch”, sight of landscape-gardening art of national value is Horodnytskyi park (ХІХ century), dendropark “Pilyava” (local value). River Sluch has numerous of thresholds and is interesting for the supporters of water tourism (the route of the second category of complication passes through this route).
Social and historical tourist objects
There are numerous of sights of local value in a district: synagogue (ХІХ-ХХcenturies), the church of St. Anthony beginning of the ХХ century, St. George's church (1903); of the Virgin Protectress church and bell tower (1794, 1847) in v. Barvinovka, post-house (1854–58) in v. Bronyky, the church of St. John the Theologian (1912) in v. Mala Horbasha; Michael's church (1901) in v. Serednia Derazhnia; Intercession church (1907–11) in v. Yarun, Michael's church (1913) in v. Hrud; Church of Christmas of the Virgin(1847) in . Zholobne; the Ascension’s church (1901) in v. Ivashkivka; Roman Catholic church (ХІХ century) in v. Lebedivka. In 1846 a famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko stayed at Hulsk. In honour of this event a memorable sign was set on the bank of the river Sluch. In Hulsk and other villages of the district along an old state boundary there were fortifications buildings (pillboxes, bunkers) of times of Second world war (“line of Stalin”), which are the objects of tourism.
The natives of district
- German writer Herbert Henke (v. Aneta);
- doctor of Philological S. Zaika (v. Borysivka);
- writer О.Sobkovych (v. Velyka Derazhnia);
- dancer, the Honoured Artist of Ukraine Ye. Avramcuk (Horodnytsia);
- writer from the Diaspora P. Volynyak (v. Hulsk);
- writers М. Tkachuk (v. Zholobne), М. Karplyuk (v. Pyshchiv);
- the specialist in study of flora and geobotanist V. Artemchuk (v. Koseniv);
- ballet-master, people's artist of Ukraine R.Malynovskyi (v. Lebedivka);
- poet О. Prokopchuk (v. Suhovolia);
- composer B.Melnychuk (v. Tarashchanka);
- singer, the Honoured Artist of Ukraine G. Serheyeva (v. Tokarivka).
References
- ^ https://www.minregion.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atlas_novogo_atu_2020.pdf
- ^ a b 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: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.