Vyshneve ( uk, Вишне́ве) is a city south of
Kyiv in
Ukraine. It is in
Bucha Raion of
Kyiv Oblast. Vyshneve hosts the administration of
Vyshneve urban hromada
Vyshneve ( uk, Вишне́ве) is a city south of Kyiv in Ukraine. It is in Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast. Vyshneve hosts the administration of Vyshneve urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of
History
In 1886, a r ...
, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
It has a population of
History
In 1886, a
railway station was built on this site; at the time, the nearest settlement was the
village of Zhuliany (Ukrainian Жуляни), so the railway station was given the name "Zhuliany" after the village. In 1912, people started settling around the station.
During the
Russian Civil War (1917–1921) the
Red and
White armies fought here. The population increased during the times of
Joseph Stalin's forced
collectivization policies (1928–1940), when
peasants were settled near the station.
During
World War II, Vyshneve became a battlefield.
Soviet and German troops fought there until 8 August 1941. After the war, 365 inhabitants received awards for glory and heroism.
Between 1946–1956 the modern town of Vyshneve was built. A school was opened, a town council was formed and new streets were constructed. By 1960 the population had reached 4000. In 1971 the settlement of Vyshneve was officially proclaimed by the Ukrainian Higher Council (parliament) as a
town.
Vyshneve's population was 34,465 at the time of the
2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. . The town has four schools, five kindergartens, a cinema, a clinic, two churches, a hospital and other elements of a modern town.
The chairman of the city is Illya Dikov.
Until 18 July 2020, Vyshneve belonged to
Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha,
Fastiv, and
Obukhiv Raion
Obukhiv Raion () is a raion ( district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven ...
s, with Vyshneve being transferred to Bucha Raion.
Gallery
File:Vyshneve Church.jpg, Ascension Church
File:Вокзал станції Вишневе.jpg, Railway station
File:Monument in Vyshneve.jpg, Monument in Vyshneve
References
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Cities in Kyiv Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Bucha Raion
Railway towns in Ukraine
Kyiv metropolitan area