Novovolynsk ( uk, Нововолинськ) is a

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Volyn Oblast Volyn Oblast ( uk, Воли́нська о́бласть, translit=Volýnsʹka óblastʹ; also referred to as Volyn or Lodomeria) is an oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is Lutsk. Kovel is the westernmost town an ...

, Ukraine. Novovolynsk, together with the urban-type settlement of Blahodatne (until 2016 Zhovtneve), is incorporated as Novovolynsk Municipality. Population: Located within the Lviv-Volyn coal basin until recently, Novovolynsk was a major coal mining center of the region. The city has a few factories: a ferroconcrete plant, brickworks, a plant for mining equipment maintenance, a meatpacking and bread factory, and a woodworking plant.

History

Novovolynsk was built in 1950 as a mining town in the USSR. It obtained city status in 1957. The word "Novovolynsk" is a morphological blend, meaning "a new town in the Volyn region". There is a monument to a famous Ukrainian poet and artist

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...

in Novovolynsk. Prominent civil society activist Anna Garmash is also from Novovolynsk, as well as footballer

Artem Fedetskyi Artem Andriyovych Fedetskyi ( uk, Артем Андрійович Федецький; born 26 April 1985) is a Ukrainian football right defender. Biography He graduated from the Lutsk Institute of Human Development "Ukraine" with a degree i ...

. The town is twinned with

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and Echirolles,

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Geography

Novovolynsk is situated in the southwest of

in the far north-west of Ukraine. The city area is about 17 square kilometers. The state border to Poland runs 15 km to the West from the city; 92 km to the North from Novovolynsk there is the state border to Belarus. The city is well-situated. The distance to the national highway H22 Ustylug – Lutsk – Rivne is only 18 km. The distance to the international highway E373 (coincides with national M07) Warsaw – Lublin – Kovel – Sarny – Korosten – Kyiv is only 76 km.

Picture Gallery

References

Sources

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Олександр Цинкаловський. Стара Волинь і Волинське Полісся. Краєзнавчий словник — від найдавніших часів до 1914 року
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External links

Novovolynsk ads

Information portal of Novovolynsk

Novovolynsk, Google maps
Clay quarry (800x600)

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