Borsna

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Borsna
Борзна
Borsna coat of arms
Borsna (Ukraine)
Borsna
Borsna
Basic data
Oblast : Chernihiv Oblast
Rajon : Borsna district
Height : no information
Area : 107.80 km²
Residents : 10,396 (2014)
Population density : 96 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 16400-16404
Area code : +380 465
Geographic location : 51 ° 15 '  N , 32 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '59 "  N , 32 ° 25' 45"  E
KOATUU : 7420810100
Administrative structure : 1 city, 4 villages
Mayor : Volodymyr Humenskyj
Address: вул. П. Куліша 107
16400 м. Борзна
Statistical information
Borsna (Chernihiv Oblast)
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Borsna (Ukrainian and Russian Борзна ) is a city with about 10,000 inhabitants in Chernihiv Oblast in northeast Ukraine and the center of the raion of the same name.

geography

The city is located about 104 km southeast of the capital of Chernihiv Oblast and about 184 km from the Ukrainian capital Kiev on the European route E 101 / M 02 (Kiev - Moscow ).

Borzna is irrigated by the small river Borzenka, a tributary of the Desna .

The municipality also includes the four villages Bilschowyk (ukr. Більшовик ), Sabiliwschtschyna (ukr. Забілівщина ), Kynaschiwka (ukr. Кинашівка ) and Lyubomudriwka (ukr. Любомуд ).

history

The city was founded in 1633 (according to Magdeburg city law ) and has been a garrison town since 1654 . In 1633 Borsna was ceded to Poland , but came under Russian sovereignty in 1654 as part of the Ukrainian state of Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj . During the war of liberation of the Ukrainian Cossacks from Polish rule (1648-1658), the city was an important base for the Ukrainians.

Since 1880 Borsna was a district town in the Chernigov governorate . The city with 4 churches and a district school had barely 9,000 inhabitants at the beginning of the 21st century, who, in addition to agriculture and cattle breeding, operate cloth and wool manufacturers, stocking knitting, silk, hat and leather production, as well as tallow and soap production and stearin production. Borsna's trade is stimulated by four annual fairs. A lot of tobacco is grown in the Borsna district, especially in the German colony of Bjelaja Wesha.

The large Jewish population declined due to the pogroms in 1880 and 1919 at the beginning of the 20th century.

During the German occupation in World War II , from September 21, 1941 to September 7, 1943 , 126 civilians (mostly Jews) were murdered in Borsna by the Germans. 179 people were brought to Germany as foreign workers. 104 Jews were killed in the massacre on January 18, 1942 in Shapovaliwka near Borsna.

population

Demographic change
1897  1926  1959 1970 1979 1989 2001 2008 2014
12 526 10 896 10 131 10 188 11 532 12 506 11 707 10 762 10 396

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

  • Wiktor Sabila (1808–1869) lived on an estate near Borsna and died in the city

Culture and sights, sights

  • Churches and monasteries

  • Church of the Nativity in the
    late XIX - early 20th centuries

  • St. Nicholas Church,
    mid-18th century, bell - 19th century

Museums and parks

  • Regional History and Memorial Museum Reserve Panteleimon Kulisch "Hannyna Wüsten" (Motronivka Farm);
  • Art and Memorial Museum "House of People's Artists of Ukraine, Oleksandr Saenko";
  • Borznyansky Historical Museum (People).

literature

Web links

See also

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meyers Konversationslexikon. Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, fourth edition, 1885-1892 in site Retrobibliothek
  2. ↑ Borsna in Holocaust History ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in site JewishGen ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( eng. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org
  3. ↑ Population of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org