Snowsk

Snowsk
Сновськ
	Snowsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Chernihiv Oblast
Rajon :	Snowsk Raion
Height :	no information
Area :	1.28 km²
Residents :	11,123 (2018)
Population density :	8,690 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	15200
Area code :	+380 4654
Geographic location :	51 ° 49 ′  N , 31 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 31 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
KOATUU :	7425810100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Банкова буд. 5 15200 м. Сновськ
Website :	City council website
Statistical information
Snowsk

Snowsk ( Ukrainian Сновськ ; Russian Сновск ) is a city in the Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine and the center of the raion of the same name with about 11,000 inhabitants (2018).

history

A settlement called Korschiwka was established here in the 1860s. From 1924 the place is the city of Snowsk . In 1935, the city in honor of the commander of the same name in the Russian Civil War was Shchors (Ukrainian Щорс ) renamed, took place on 12 May 2016 in the wake of de-communization in Ukraine the return wording on Snowsk.

Sons and daughters of the village

• Schlomo Bruk (1899–1983), Israeli actor
• Jules Olitski (1922-2007), important painter and sculptor (abstract art)
• Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Schchors (1895–1919), commander of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cities and Settlements in Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on December 24, 2018 (Ukrainian)
2. ^ Local history of Snowsk in the history of the towns and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on December 24, 2018 (Ukrainian)
3. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 12.05.2016 № 1353-VIII Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів