Shostka
Coordinates: 51°52′N 33°29′E / 51.867°N 33.483°E
Shostka
Шостка | |
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City | |
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Shostka | |
Coordinates: 51°52′N 33°29′E / 51.867°N 33.483°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Sumy Oblast |
Raion | City of Shostka |
Founded | 18th century |
Area | |
• Total | 36 km2 (14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 171 m (561 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 74,125 |
Website | http://www.shostka-rada.gov.ua/ |
Shostka (Ukrainian: Шостка) is a city in Sumy Oblast in the north-east of Ukraine. Shostka serves as the administrative center of Shostka Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 74,125 (2020 est.)[1]
The town lies on the , a tributary of the Desna, from which it gets its name. Shostka is an important centre of industry: in chemicals (see Svema) and in dairy, the Shostka City Milk Plant was recently acquired by the Bel Group.
History[]
Shostka started out as a village at the beginning of the 17th century for Ukrainian Cossacks which were based there. In 1739, a gunpowder factory was built there. Since that time Shostka was one of the most important gunpowder suppliers in the Russian Empire. In 1893, a branch of a nearby railroad line was built. Shostka was granted municipal rights in 1920. In 1931, a film factory was built in Shostka which was one of the main suppliers of cinema and photo film in the USSR.
Demographics[]
Shostka's population: 1926 - 8,600 inhabitants, 1959 - 39,000 inhabitants, 1970 - 64,000 inhabitants, 1979 - 80,000 inhabitants, 1984 - 84,000 inhabitants
Sports[]
Shostka is home to the Ukrainian football team .
The city is the birthplace of Lightweight Boxer Ivan Redkach.
In popular culture[]
Shostka is the hometown of the fictional Mousekewitz family in the 1986 animated film An American Tail, the opening of which depicts a Cossack (and cat) raid on the town. Although set in the 1880s when Ukraine was a part of the Russian Empire, the film's claim in text that Shostka is based in Russia, rather than Ukraine, is inaccurate.
Gallery[]
Nativity of Christ Church
Local museum on Svobody Boulevard
School Nr. 2
Sadovyi Boulevard
Residential buildings on Deputatska Street
References[]
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
External links[]
- (in Russian) Shostka news portal
- Official website
- Cities in Sumy Oblast
- Chernigov Governorate
- Cities of regional significance in Ukraine
- Ukraine geography stubs