Voronizh
Voronizh
Вороніж | |
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Urban-type settlement | |
 Church of Saint Michael | |
  Voronizh Location in Sumy Oblast | |
| Coordinates: Coordinates: 51°46′36″N 33°27′57″E / 51.77667°N 33.46583°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Sumy Oblast |
| Raion | Shostka Raion |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 6,669 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Voronizh (Ukrainian: Вороніж, Russian: Воронеж) is an urban-type settlement in Shostka Raion of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the , a left tributary of the Desna, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Voronizh belongs to , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,669 (2021 est.)[2]
Economy[]
Industry[]
A sugar factory in Voronizh was built in the 1860s by Nikolay Tereshchenko. It was the largest industrial enterprise in the settlement until 2004, when it stopped operation.[3]
Transportation[]
is located in Voronizh. It is on the main line connecting Kyiv and Moscow across the Russian border; there is also a side line to Shostka and Novhorod-Siverskyi which starts in Tereshchenska. There is intensive passenger traffic through the station. Until 2007, it was known as Voronezhska railway station.[3]
The settlement is connected by road with Shostka and with Krolevets, where it has access to Highway M02 and further to Kyiv.
References[]
- ^ "Шосткинская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b Шифрин, Леонид (22 January 2010). "Воронеж проголосовал за президента Украины". shostka.info (in Russian).
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| Hromadas |
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- Urban-type settlements in Sumy Oblast