Korostýšiv (, , ) is a city in

Zhytomyr Raion Zhytomyr Raion ( uk, Житомирський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́м ...

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. Prior to 2020, it served as the administrative center of the former Korostyshiv Raion. Population:

History

The city was founded around the VI-VII centuries. According to legend, the town was called Khminychi and was the center of one of the

Drevlians The Drevlians ( uk, Древляни, Drevliany, russian: Древля́не, Drevlyane) were a tribe of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 10th centuries, which inhabited the territories of Polesia and right-bank Ukraine, west of the ea ...

tribes, the Minskians. The first written mention as a village of Zhitomirsky Uyezd, Kyiv Voivodeship of the

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dates back to March 26, 1499. For sixty-five years it belonged to the Chornobyl Kmyts, a well-known and influential family of

Right-bank Ukraine Right-bank Ukraine ( uk , Правобережна Україна, ''Pravoberezhna Ukrayina''; russian: Правобережная Украина, ''Pravoberezhnaya Ukraina''; pl, Prawobrzeżna Ukraina, sk, Pravobrežná Ukrajina, hu, Jobb p ...

. Since 1565, after it was sold by

Filon Kmita Filon Kmita (1530 Kyiv Voivodeship – 1587), also known as Kmita the Chernobylan, was a noble in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Filon Kmita was notable for conducting counter-intelligence in the Muscovite war ...

, the town became the property of the Olizar family, who later received the title of counts. In July 1768, Ivan Bondarenko's Cossacks visited the town. In 1779,

Magdeburg rights Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...

and a coat of arms were granted with the image of the family emblem of the Olizar Counts: a golden church flag with a cross on a red background (noble coat of arms "Radvan"). After the second partition of Poland in 1793, Korostyshiv became part of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War ...

. Since 1795, the town has been part of the Radomyslsky Uyezd of the

Volhynian Governorate Volhynian Governorate or Volyn Governorate (russian: Волы́нская губе́рния, translit=Volynskaja gubernija, uk, Волинська губернія, translit=Volynska huberniia) was an administrative-territorial unit initially ...

, and since 1797 it has been transferred to the Kyiv Governorate, which was part of it for more than 120 years. The Olizar family remained the owners of Korostyshev until 1873. Most of the lands of the manor were forests. According to the 1897 census, 7,863 residents lived in the city. On Oct 9, 1900

Henry de La Vaulx Henry de La Vaulx (1870–1930), was a balloonist, author, and cofounder of major French and international aeronautical associations. Biography He was born in Bierville, France on April 2, 1870. From March 1896 to May 1897 he stayed with nativ ...

(1870–1930 and a companion set a distance record in a balloon traveling 1200 miles from

Vincennes Vincennes (, ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is next to but does not include the Château de Vincennes and Bois de Vincennes, which are attache ...

to Korostyshiv. in 35.75 hours In 1938, the status of a city was granted. In January 1989, the population was 28 046 people.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
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Gallery

File:AX Korostyshiv station terminal 20080803.jpg, Korostyshiv railway station terminal File:В тінистому парку приховалась від суєти колишня бібліотека поета, і колишнього власника Коростишева -графа Олізара.jpg, City park File:Купальня садиби графа Олізара.JPG, Fountain in the park File:Коростишів, обеліск.JPG, War memorial in Korostyshiv File:Коростишів, педколедж ім.І.Франка,кол.учительська семінарія.JPG, Korostyshiv pedagogical college File:Коростишевський район, с. Високий Камінь. На березі р. Тетерев.jpg, Teteriv River in Korostyshiv File:Коростышевский карьер 2.jpg, Korostyshiv quarry

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...

, Estonia

References

Cities in Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Raion Radomyslsky Uyezd Kiev Voivodeship Cities of district significance in Ukraine {{Zhytomyr-geo-stub