Pryluky
Pryluky | ||
Прилуки | ||
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Oblast : | Chernihiv Oblast | |
Rajon : | District-free city | |
Height : | no information | |
Area : | 42.00 km² | |
Residents : | 56,270 (2017) | |
Population density : | 1,340 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 17500-17515 | |
Area code : | +380 4637 | |
Geographic location : | 50 ° 36 ′ N , 32 ° 24 ′ E | |
KOATUU : | 7410700000 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 city | |
Address: | вул. Незалежності 82 17500 м. Прилуки |
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Website : | http://pryluky.osp-ua.info/ | |
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Pryluky ( Ukrainian Прилуки ; Russian Russian Прилуки Priluki ) is a city in the south of the Ukrainian Oblast Chernihiv with 56,000 inhabitants (2017). The city lies on the banks of the Udaj River and is the administrative center of the Rajon of the same name.
history
Pryluky was first mentioned in 1092 as a fortress, which served to protect the Kievan Rus against the nomads from the southern steppes ( Pechenegs , Polovzians ). In 1239 the city was destroyed by the Mongols . In 1459 Pryluky was mentioned as a large city under Lithuanian sovereignty. In 1648 a Cossack regiment was organized here, which gave impetus to the rapid development of the city.
The city is a railway junction and an important tourist and industrial center of the oblast (mechanical engineering, oil production, construction industry, tobacco factory).
Until 1991, Pryluky was a base of the Soviet Air Force , on which 19 strategic nuclear weapon long - range Tu-160 bombers were stationed.
Population development
1859 | 1897 | 1923 | 1926 | 1939 | 1959 | 1970 | 1979 | 1989 | 2001 | 2010 | 2017 |
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10,261 | 18,532 | 25,599 | 28,624 | 36,881 | 43,719 | 57,474 | 65,303 | 71,954 | 64,681 | 59,180 | 56,270 |
Proof: 1897–2017:
sons and daughters of the town
- Pavlo Bilezkyj-Nossenko ( Павло Павлович Білецький-Носенко , 1774–1856), Ukrainian writer, teacher and lexicographer
- Taissija Tschentschik (1936–2013), Soviet athlete
- Irving Chernev (1900–1981), American author of chess books
- Vyacheslav Derkach (* 1976), biathlete
- Alexander Shafranovich (* 1983), Israeli volleyball player
literature
- Priluki , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , pp. 612f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cities in Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org; accessed on April 28, 2018
- ^ Local history of Pryluky in the history of the towns and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on April 6, 2019 (Ukrainian)