Baranivka

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Baranivka (disambiguation) .

Baranivka
Баранівка
	Baranivka
Basic data
Oblast :	Zhytomyr Oblast
Rajon :	Baranivka district
Height :	222 m
Area :	81.54 km²
Residents :	12,523 (2004)
Population density :	154 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	12700
Area code :	+380 4144
Geographic location :	50 ° 18 ′  N , 27 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 37 "  N , 27 ° 40 ′ 1"  E
KOATUU :	1820610100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Mayor :	Anatoly Mychalyuk
Address:	вул. Леніна 20 12700 м. Баранівка
Website :	http://www.baranivka.in.ua/
Statistical information
Baranivka

Baraniwka (Ukrainian Баранівка ; Russian Барановка / Baranowka , Polish Baranówka ) is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast in Ukraine with about 12,500 inhabitants. It is the center of the Baranivka district and is located on the banks of the Sluch River .

Church in place

history

The place was founded in 1566, in 1938 it was designated an urban-type settlement, since May 17, 2001 it has had city status.

In 1802, the Mezer brothers built a porcelain factory in the village, and it still exists today. In 2010, an asteroid discovered by the Andrushivka Observatory was named after the city: (214487) Baranivka . In the justification for the name, the porcelain manufacture was particularly emphasized.

The large Jewish population in the village (around 23 percent of the total population in 1939) existed until 1941, after which the majority were killed in concentration camps or were able to flee.

Web links

Commons : Baranivka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the place in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)
• independent news website
• official website of the city administration

Individual evidence

1. ↑ (214487) Baranivka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).