Koriukivka (, ) is a town in Chernihiv Oblast (

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) of

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. It was founded in 1657, over 350 years ago. It is the administrative center of

Koriukivka Raion Koriukivka Raion ( uk, Корюківський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the town of Koriukivka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrati ...

. It hosts the administration of

Koriukivka urban hromada Koriukivka (, ) is a town in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It was founded in 1657, over 350 years ago. It is the administrative center of Koriukivka Raion. It hosts the administration of Koriukivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population in 2021 is estimated to be

History

During the reign of the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657, who was in search of free land for the nobility class and the settlers from the Right-Bank of Ukraine. A search headed by the Cossack Omel'yanov Karukoyu found the eventual site and deemed it fit for a small settlement due to the thick protection of the surrounding forests. The city later suffered heavy losses during the Second World War and is a site of the World War II massacre. Koriukivka was almost totally burned, the population that lived there was exterminated with the Germans killing around 6,700 people and burning 1,290 homes. The destruction of Koriukivka together with its inhabitants is the largest single "reprisal raid" war crime of the Nazi occupation during World War II.

Geography and Climate

The city rests on the Brech river (a tributary of the

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in Moscow, and after 18 years they received the highest award of the World Exhibition in Paris.

Education

Koryukovka has a gymnasium, two secondary schools of the third degree, two secondary schools with which there are 1850 pupils, an arts school, a sports school and two kindergartens with over 400 children.

Media

The district newspaper is called "Mayak" and there is a small radio-station that operates district-wide.

Infrastructure

Koriukivka City is the center of the Koryukovka district within the Chernihiv region, located 100 km from the regional center Chernhiv city. - in the northern territory. The city is also located at the intersection of highways of regional and local importance, in which there is a bus connection to the regional center and the neighboring district center:

Snovsk Snovsk ( uk, Сновськ ) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 12,315 in 2001. Name The cit ...

, Mena, Semenivka and to other settlements in the area. The Koryukovka area has five public roads of local significance, all of which are paved (T - 25 – 12; T - 25 – 19; T - 25 – 32; T - 25 – 34 and T - 25 - 36). The city planning structure is complicated with what is locally called a "multibeam-form" with similar districts spread around the various connecting roads. The area is built up unevenly, with most of the density in the city center. Here, in addition to a quarter of the low- and multi-building, many service centers, schools, administrative, cultural, educational and medical facilities are located here as well. In the apartment buildings near the center there has developed an addition set of daily service institutions (preschool, school, shopping, etc.). In terms of the engineering arrangements within Koriukivka, many districts are significantly different. Thus in the downtown area and the two-story building area north of the center, many buildings are equipped with various engineering accomplishments, however in the western and eastern parts of the city many areas are not completely covered by the water supply system. The city has a central district hospital with 220 beds, a pharmacy, two cultural centers with 800 seats, two libraries, a historical museum, and a stadium named "Avangard".

Sister cities

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, Lithuania

References

External links

Official websiteThe murder of the Jews of Koriukivka
during

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, at

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