Worozhba

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Woroschba (disambiguation) .

Worozhba
Ворожба
	Worozhba
Basic data
Oblast :	Sumy Oblast
Rajon :	Bilopillia district
Height :	151 m
Area :	4.039 km²
Residents :	7,363 (2014)
Population density :	1,823 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	41811
Area code :	+380 5443
Geographic location :	51 ° 10 '  N , 34 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 10 '17 "  N , 34 ° 13' 41"  E
KOATUU :	5920610300
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Ворошилова 8 41811 м. Ворожба
Website :	http://vorozhba-mr.in.ua/
Statistical information
Worozhba

Worozhba ( Ukrainian and Russian Ворожба , Polish Worożba ) is a city in the center of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine with 7300 inhabitants (2014). The city is a railway junction on the Kiev – Kursk railway line .

City train station

Church of the Holy Transfiguration with a bell tower from 1896

history

The village, which was elevated to a town in 1959, was founded in 1665. From October 7, 1941 to September 3, 1943, the city was occupied by Wehrmacht troops.

geography

Vorozhba is located in Bilopillja Rajon on the left bank of the Wyr , a 62 km long tributary of the Seim 5 km northwest of the district center Bilopillja and about 54 km northwest of the Oblast center Sumy . The border with the Russian Oblast Belgorod is about 10 km northeast of the city.

Personalities

• Gennadi Konoplew (1945–1997), politician in the Lithuanian SSR, banker and manager

Web links

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

• Worożba . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 14 : Vorovo – Żyżyn . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1895, p. 5 (Polish, edu.pl ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures of Ukrainian localities on pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed on September 1, 2014
2. ↑ City history on the city's official website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 1, 2014