Vasylkiv

Vasylkiv

Васильків

Vasylkiv

Basic data

Oblast :

Kiev Oblast

Rajon :

District-free city

Height :

no information

Area :

21.03 km²

Residents :

37,332 (2017)

Population density :

1,775 inhabitants per km²

Postcodes :

08600-08612

Area code :

+380 4471

Geographic location :

50 ° 11 ′ N , 30 ° 19 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 39 ″ N , 30 ° 19 ′ 18 ″ E

KOATUU :

3210700000

Administrative structure :

1 city

Address:

вул. Соборна 56
08 600 м. Васильків

Statistical information

Vasylkiv

Wassylkiw ( Ukrainian Васильків , Russian Васильков Wassilkow ) is a city in Ukraine in Kiev Oblast with about 37,300 inhabitants (as of 2017), about 30 kilometers southwest of Kiev . The city is located on the River Stuhna (Стугна) and is the center of the raion of the same name .

Street in Vasylkiv

Cathedral of Anthony and Theodosius of Kiev

history

A settlement has always existed on the site of the city. A fortress was built here in 988 on the orders of Vladimir the Great to protect Kiev from the south. The fortress and the city were named after the Christian name of Vladimir Vasilev .

In 1796 Wassylkiw received city rights.

sons and daughters of the town

Theodosius of Kiev (around 1036-1074), monk and saint of the Orthodox Church, one of the founders of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and of monasticism in Russia
Nadija Andrianowa (1921–1998), Ukrainian author, translator and Esperantist
Michael Felsenbaum (* 1951), writer and actor
Mykola Melnytschenko (* 1966), intelligence officer, bodyguard and author of the so-called Melnytschenko tape recordings
Iryna Sekacheva (* 1976), athlete

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Cities and Towns in Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on September 1, 2017

[1] Cities and Towns in Ukraine on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on September 1, 2017