Kvartsytne (Ukrainian: Кварцитне), formerly known as Pershotravneve (Ukrainian: Першотравневе) is a rural settlement in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 2,326 (2022 estimate)[1] In 2011, the population was 2,620.
Kvartsytne
Кварцитне | |
|---|---|
  Kvartsytne  Kvartsytne | |
| Coordinates: 51°23′21″N 28°51′45″E / 51.3892°N 28.8625°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Korosten Raion |
| Hromada | Hladkovychi rural hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 2,326 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| KATOTTH | UA18060030020056514 |
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History
editThe settlement was heavily affected by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the settlement was occupied by Russia on 26 February 2022 and regained by Ukraine on 3 April 2022.[citation needed]
Until 26 January 2024, Pershotravneve was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Pershotravneve became a rural settlement.[2]
In September 2024, Pershotravneve was renamed to Kvartsytne by the Verkhovna Rada.[3]
Geography
editThe settlement is located several miles north of the small city of Ovruch, where the Ovruch air base is located, at the edge of the forests south of Belarus, between the railroad tracks and highway M-21/P-31 towards the border.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
- ^ Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [On renaming individual populated places and raions]. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 September 2024.