Shostka

Shostka

Шостка

Shostka

Basic data

Oblast :

Sumy Oblast

Rajon :

District-free city

Height :

171 m

Area :

36.0 km²

Residents :

75,024 (2019)

Population density :

2,084 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

41100

Area code :

+380 5449

Geographic location :

51 ° 52 ′ N , 33 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ N , 33 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E

KOATUU :

5925300000

Administrative structure :

1 city

Mayor :

Mykola Noha

Address:

вул. Леніна 14
41 100 м. Шостка

Website :

http://shostka-rada.gov.ua/

Statistical information

Shostka

Shostka ( Ukrainian and Russian Шостка ) is a city in Sumy Oblast in northeast Ukraine . Shostka is the center of the raion of the same name with 75,000 inhabitants (2019). The city lies on the banks of the Shostka River , a tributary of the Desna . Shostka is an important center of the chemical industry.

Church of St. Volodymyr in Shostka

history

At the beginning of the 17th century a village was founded by Ukrainian Cossacks . According to one version, the name of the city comes from the name of the Shostka River, which is the sixth (Ukrainian Shosta ) tributary of the Desna. According to another version, the name of the city and the river comes from the word Schost = stilt , as the original settlement was on swampy ground and the houses had to be built on stilts.

In 1739 a gunpowder factory was built here, so that the place has been one of the most important suppliers of gunpowder in the Russian Empire ever since . In 1893 a branch of the railway was moved to the village and since 1920 Shostka has been a town. The film factory, built in 1931, was the main supplier of cinema and photo films in the Soviet Union . From 1947 to around 1949, dismantled production facilities for color films from the Wolfen film factory were built and put into operation here by compulsory German specialists in order to create the conditions for color film production in the USSR.

Population development

1923	1939	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2010	2019
8,519	28,592	38,884	64,436	82.036	92,882	87,130	80,683	75,024

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

Vladimir Grigoryev (* 1982), Russian short track runner
Iryna Novoschylowa (* 1986), hammer thrower
Roman Poboinyi (* 1990), opera singer (tenor)
Alena Subrylawa (born Olena Ohurzowa; * 1973), biathlete
Dmitri Chechulin (1901–1981), Russian architect

Web links

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

Szostka . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 12 : Szlurpkiszki – Warłynka . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1892, p. 23 (Polish, edu.pl ).
A page about Shostka (Russian)
News and news from Shostka (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Population figures on pop-stat.mashke.org
^ Rainer Karlsch: Paid alone? The reparation payments of the Soviet occupation zone / GDR 1945 - 53 . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-86153-054-6 , p. 162-163 .

[Bevölkerungszahlen-1] Population figures on pop-stat.mashke.org

[2] Rainer Karlsch: Paid alone? The reparation payments of the Soviet occupation zone / GDR 1945 - 53 . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-86153-054-6 , p. 162-163 .