Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast (,
translit. ''Zhytomyrs'ka oblast
; also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna - ') is an
oblast (province) of northern
Ukraine. The
administrative center of the oblast is the city of
Zhytomyr.
The oblast was created as part of the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on
September 22,
1937.
The oblast is located in the historic region of
Polesia (,
translit. Polissia).
The total area of the Zhytomyr Oblast encompasses 29,832 km².
The current estimated population of the oblast is 1,328,158 (as of
2006).
The economy of Zhytomyr Oblast mostly deals with
mining of granite and other construction
stone,
forestry,
agriculture and various
machinery manufacturing.
The northern part of the province is highly affected by the
Chernobyl disaster: some of the
towns and
raions are devastated and are included in the
Chornobyl zone, while others are prohibited from producing their own agriculture.
The Zhytomyr Oblast is subdivided into 23
raions (administrative districts), and 5 of its cities are designated as separate raions within the oblast.
The districts of the Cherkasy oblast include:
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Andrushivsky Raion (,
translit. Andrushivs'kyi raion)
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Baranivsky Raion (,
translit. Baranivs'kyi raion)
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Berdychiv City ()
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Berdychivsky Raion (,
translit. Berdychivs'kyi raion)
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Brusylivsky Raion (,
translit. Brusylivs'kyi raion)
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Cherniakhivsky Raion (,
translit. Cherniakhivs'kyi raion)
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Chervonoarmiysky Raion (,
translit. Chervonoarmiis'kyi raion)
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Chudnivsky Raion (,
translit. Chudnivs'kyi raion)
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Korosten City (,
translit. Korosten')
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Korostensky Raion (,
translit. Korostens'kyi raion)
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Korostyshivsky Raion (,
translit. Korostyshivs'kyi raion)
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Luhynsky Raion (,
translit. Luhyns'kyi raion)
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Liubarsky Raion (,
translit. Liubars'kyi raion)
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Malyn City ()
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Malynsky Raion (,
translit. Malyns'kyi raion)
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Narodytsky Raion (,
translit. Narodyts'kyi raion)
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Novohrad-Volynskyi City ()
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Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion (,
translit. Novohrad-Volyns'kyi raion)
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Olevsky Raion (,
translit. Olevs'kyi raion)
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Ovrutsky Raion (,
translit. Ovruts'kyi raion)
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Popilniansky Raion (,
translit. Popil'nians'kyi raion)
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Radomyshlsky Raion (,
translit. Radomyshl's'kyi raion)
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Romanivsky Raion (,
translit. Romanivs'kyi raion)
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Ruzhynsky Raion (,
translit. Ruzhyns'kyi raion)
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Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion (,
translit. Volodars'k-Volyns'kyi raion)
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Yemilchynsky Raion (,
translit. Emil'chyns'kyi raion)
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Zhytomyr City ()
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Zhytomyrsky Raion (,
translit. Zhytomyrs'kyi raion)
Important cities
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Detailed map of Zhytomyr Oblast |
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Baranivka*
Berdychiv*
Korosten*
Malyn*
Novohrad-Volynskyi*
ZhytomyrMost of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their
capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (,
translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a
relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine
suffix to the name of respective center city:
Zhytomyr is the center of the
Zhytomyrs'ka oblast' (Lviv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Zhytomyr Oblast,
Zhytomyrshchyna.
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Subdivisions of Ukraine
