Klesiv ( uk, Клесів; pl, Klesów) is an
urban-type settlement in
Sarny Raion
Sarny Raion ( uk, Сарненський район) is a raion in Rivne Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Sarny. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raion ...
(
district) of
Rivne Oblast (
province) in western
Ukraine. Population:
History
Klesiv was first founded in the beginning of the 20th century. It was a settlement in the
Volhynian Governorate of the
Russian Empire.
In the
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...
Klesów was part of
Volhynian Voivodeship. After the
Soviet annexation of Western Ukraine, Klesiv acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940.
Since July 1941 until January 1944 it was occupied by Axis troops.
In January 1989 the population was 5107 people.
In 2013 the population was 4639 people.
[Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.91]
Amber
There are
placer deposits of
amber near Klesiv.
See also
*
Stepan
Stepan ( uk, Степань; pl, Stepań; he, סטפאן) is an urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population:
The ...
, the other urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast
References
Urban-type settlements in Sarny Raion
Populated places established in the 1900s
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