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.

Contents

History

Geography

Population

Economy

Administrative divisions

Important cities

Nomenclature

See also

History

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'').

Geography

The total area of the Zhytomyr Oblast encompasses 29,832 km².

Population

The current estimated population of the oblast is 1,328,158 (as of 2006).

Economy

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.

Administrative divisions

The Zhytomyr Oblast is subdivided into 23 raions (districts), and 5 of its cities are designated as separate raions within the oblast.
The districts of the Cherkasy oblast include:

★ Andrushivsky Raion (, translit. ''Andrushivs’kyi raion'')

★ Baranivsky Raion (, translit. ''Baranivs’kyi raion'')

★ Berdychiv City ()

★ Berdychivsky Raion (, translit. ''Berdychivs’kyi raion'')

★ Brusylivsky Raion (, translit. ''Brusylivs’kyi raion'')

★ Cherniakhivsky Raion (, translit. ''Cherniakhivs’kyi raion'')

★ Chervonoarmiysky Raion (, translit. ''Chervonoarmiis’kyi raion'')

★ Chudnivsky Raion (, translit. ''Chudnivs’kyi raion'')

★ Korosten City (, translit. ''Korosten’'')

★ Korostensky Raion (, translit. ''Korostens’kyi raion'')

★ Korostyshivsky Raion (, translit. ''Korostyshivs’kyi raion'')

★ Luhynsky Raion (, translit. ''Luhyns’kyi raion'')

★ Liubarsky Raion (, translit. ''Liubars’kyi raion'')

★ Malyn City ()

★ Malynsky Raion (, translit. ''Malyns’kyi raion'')

★ Narodytsky Raion (, translit. ''Narodyts’kyi raion'')

★ Novohrad-Volynskyi City ()

★ Novohrad-Volynskyi Raion (, translit. ''Novohrad-Volyns’kyi raion'')

★ Olevsky Raion (, translit. ''Olevs’kyi raion'')

★ Ovrutsky Raion (, translit. ''Ovruts’kyi raion'')

★ Popilniansky Raion (, translit. ''Popil’nians’kyi raion'')

★ Radomyshlsky Raion (, translit. ''Radomyshl’s’kyi raion'')

★ Romanivsky Raion (, translit. ''Romanivs’kyi raion'')

★ Ruzhynsky Raion (, translit. ''Ruzhyns’kyi raion'')

★ Volodarsk-Volynskyi Raion (, translit. ''Volodars’k-Volyns’kyi raion'')

★ Yemilchynsky Raion (, translit. ''Emil’chyns’kyi raion'')

★ Zhytomyr City ()

★ Zhytomyrsky Raion (, translit. ''Zhytomyrs’kyi raion'')

Important cities

Important cities of Zhytomyr Oblast include:

★ Baranivka

★ Berdychiv

★ Korosten

★ Malyn

★ Novohrad-Volynskyi

★ Zhytomyr

Nomenclature

Most 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''.

See also

★ Subdivisions of Ukraine