Opischnja

Opischnja
Опішня
	Opischnja
Basic data
Oblast :	Poltava Oblast
Rajon :	Sinkiv Raion
Height :	no information
Area :	10.41 km²
Residents :	6.003 (2004)
Population density :	577 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	38164
Area code :	+380 5353
Geographic location :	49 ° 57 '  N , 34 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '26 "  N , 34 ° 36' 14"  E
KOATUU :	5321355400
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement , 6 villages
Address:	вул. Перемоги 3 38164 смт. Опішня
Statistical information
Opischnja

Opischnja ( Ukrainian Опішня ; Russian Опошня Oposchnja ) is an urban-type in Rayon Sinkiv the central Ukraine oblast Poltawa . It is located above the right bank of the Worskla River .

history

In 1658 the place was badly destroyed in the course of a Cossack uprising. As early as 1786, 200 potters were working in the place .

Hut in Opischnja, Serhij Wassylkiwskyj 1900

Infrastructure and economy

The settlement council municipality is divided into the place itself and the six surrounding villages Wasky ( Васьки ) Wilchowe ( Вільхове ) Dibrova ( Діброва ) Karabasiwka ( Карабазівка ) Miski Mlyny ( Міські Млини ) and Jablutschne ( Яблучне ). Opischnja is known nationwide for its traditional pottery . The Ukrainian National Museum of Ceramic Art and a Research Institute of Ceramics are located in Opizhnya . The place is on the regional road P-17 between Poltava and Ochtyrka or Sumy .

Personalities

• Place of activity of the potter Fedir Tscherwinka
• Place of activity of the potter Wasyl Porsnyj
• Place of activity of the ceramic artist Jurih Lebishchak (1893–1927)

Web links

Commons : Opischnjaj  - collection of images

• Map of the place and the surrounding area
• Photo of a potter
• President Yushchenko in front of a pottery sculpture in Opischnja (August 2005)

literature

• I. Ju. Horobez (І.Ю. Горобець): Opischnja, Reshetylivka (Опішня, Решетилівка). Kiev (Київ) 1972.