Olevsk
City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
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::summary City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Olevsk |
| native_name_lang | uk |
| native_name | Олевськ |
| settlement_type | City |
| image_skyline | File:Olevsk 01.jpg |
| image_caption | Downtown Olevsk |
| image_flag | File:Flag of Olevsk.png |
| image_shield | File:COA of Olevsk.png |
| pushpin_map | Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast#Ukraine |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ukraine |
| subdivision_type1 | Oblast |
| subdivision_name1 | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| subdivision_type2 | Raion |
| subdivision_name2 | Korosten Raion |
| subdivision_type3 | Hromada |
| subdivision_name3 | Olevsk urban hromada |
| population_as_of | 2022 |
| population_total | 10032 |
| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +2 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
| name = Olevsk | native_name_lang = uk | other_name = | native_name = Олевськ | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = File:Olevsk 01.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Downtown Olevsk | image_flag = File:Flag of Olevsk.png | image_shield = File:COA of Olevsk.png | shield_size = | pushpin_map = Ukraine Zhytomyr Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Ukraine | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Zhytomyr Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Korosten Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Olevsk urban hromada | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 10032 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | website = | footnotes = Olevsk (, ; ; ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, administrative center of Olevsk urban hromada. As of January 2022 its population was approximately Olevsk is located in Zhytomyr Polissya.
History
| float = left|Alex K Grundwald flags 1410-03.svg Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1488–1569)|Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1793)|Russian Empire (1793–1917)|Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)|Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukrainian State (1918)|Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–1919)|Flag of Poland (1919–1928).svg Republic of Poland (1919–1920)|Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1929).svg Soviet Ukraine (1920–1922)|Soviet Union (1922–1991)|Nazi Germany (1941–1944) (occupation)|Ukraine (1991–present) Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted Magdeburg city rights by Polish King Władysław IV Vasa. Later it became a town in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.
During World War II on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of Taras Bulba-Borovets' Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to Varvarivka, where they were murdered.
On December 25, 2011, the city council of Olevsk renamed the streets of the city that bore the names of Soviet leaders, naming them in honor of prominent figures of the Ukrainian nationalist and patriotic movement. The streets and lanes named after Pavel Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Hryhoriy Petrovsky, Mikhail Kalinin, and Hryhoriy Kotovsky were renamed. Instead, they were named after Olena Teliha, Oleh Olzhych, Hetman Vyhovsky, Oleksiy Opanasiuk, Heroes of Kruty, the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, and Yuriy Tiutiunnyk.
Geography
Olevsk is located in the north-west of Korosten District of Zhytomyr Oblast, 180 km from the regional center. The city is located on the Polesian Lowland, in Zhytomyr Polissya . Mixed forests, swamps and lakes occur around the city. Pine, hornbeam and oak are most often found in the forests. The city is located on the right bank of the Pripyat River, a right tributary of the Dnieper River. The climate of the territory is moderately continental, with humid summers and mild winters. The average annual temperature is about 10 °C, the average temperature in January is 4-5 °C, and in July it is about + 20 °C. The annual amount of precipitation is 570 mm. The European highway E373 passes south of Olevsk.
Gallery
File:Ubort River in Olevsk 03.jpg|Ubort River in Olevsk File:Вокзал станції Олевськ.jpg|Olevsk railway station File:Привокзальна площа Олевська.jpg|Saint Nicholas monument File:М. Олевськ Житомирської області. Миколаївська церква..JPG|St. Nicholas Church
References
References
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- "Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims". The Tablet.
- "На Житомирщині перейменували всі радянські назви вулиць - Новини - Ukranews".
- ''Житомирська область: географічний атлас''. Вид. 5-е, випр. і допов. / відпов. ред. М. Ю. Костриця. Київ: ТОВ «Вид-во «Мапа», 2012. 23 с. Retrieved 2025-06-26
- [https://mepr.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Regionalna-dopovid-ZHytomyrska-ODA-2021.pdf ''Регіональна доповідь про стан навколишнього природного середовища'' в ''Житомирській області'' за ''2021''] Житомирська обласна військова адміністрація Retrieved 2025-06-26
- Костриця М. Ю. Географія Житомирської області. Ж., 1993. Retrieved 2025-06-26
- Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 30 січня 2019 року No. 55 [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/55-2019-%D0%BF#Text «Про затвердження переліку автомобільних доріг загального користування державного значення»] Retrieved 2025-06-24
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