Korop ( uk, Короп) is 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 ...

(

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) in

Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion ( uk, Новгород-Сіверський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Novhorod-Siverskyi. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of ...

, Chernihiv Oblast (

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) of northern

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. It hosts the administration of Korop settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population is The name of the settlement means " carp" in Ukrainian, and the fish is present in the

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its ...

and flag of the settlement. Korop cited first in

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's Ostrianytsia ''universal'' statement in 1638. Many pre-historic settlements, dated to the 3rd to 5th centuries and the 10th to 13th centuries have been discovered near Korop. Until 18 July 2020, Korop was the administrative center of

Korop Raion Korop Raion ( uk, Коропський район) was a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Korop. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Korop Raion was merged into Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion.

Notable people

Nikolai Kibalchich Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich (russian: Николай Иванович Кибальчич, uk, Микола Іванович Кибальчич, sr, Никола Кибалчић, ''Mykola Ivanovych Kybalchych''; 19 October 1853 – April 3, 188 ...

, a Russian revolutionary, the main explosive expert who took part in the assassination of

Tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...

Alexander II of Russia. *

Demian Mnohohrishny Demian Ignatovych (Mnohohrishny) ( uk, Дем'ян Многогрішний) (1621, Korop – 1703) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1669 to 1672. See The Ruin (Ukrainian history) His surname literally means "of many sins". In 1689 he p ...

, the hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1669 to 1672. * Sergei Rudenko, a Soviet marshal of aviation

References

External links

The murder of the Jews of Korop
during

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, at

Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

website. {{authority control Krolevetsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Ukraine Populated places on the Desna in Ukraine Urban-type settlements in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion