Korosten
Korosten
| Korosten Коростень |
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| Coordinates: 50°57′N 28°38′E / 50.95°N 28.633°ECoordinates: 50°57′N 28°38′E / 50.95°N 28.633°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Zhytomyr | ||
| Founded | 705 | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 103 km2 (39.8 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 171 m (561 ft) | ||
| Population (January 1, 2004) | |||
| - Total | 66,000 | ||
| Website | http://www.korosten.osp-ua.info/ | ||
Korosten (Ukrainian: Коростень, translit. Korosten’) is a historic city and a large railway node in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Korosten Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast[dubious ], and is located on the Uzh River.
The city was founded over a millennium ago and was the capital of an ancient Slavic state that was later incorporated into Kievan Rus′. Originally, it was called as Iskorosten which later was simplified. Remarkably, not far from Korosten there is another city with a similar name, Korostyshiv, which is next to Zhytomyr.
Currently the city is relatively small, mainly because of the fact that it is located very close to Chernobyl. After the nuclear incident, the area around the city was declared a zone of a voluntary evacuation.
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Economy
- Korosten industrial park
Korosten Industrial Park (KIP) is an industrial zone within the city. Total area — 246 hectares (0.94 sq mi). Conceptual design of the park was developed by Czech design bureau DHV. The project envisages the creation of the territory of the KIP high-tech enterprises, enterprises of light and medium industrial production - the assembly, integration, surface processing, light engineering and electrical industries.
The project is designed for 10 years and is divided into 3 phases:
- Conduct communications: roads, railway, electricity, water supply, sanitation; construction and commissioning of the plant manufacturing MDF boards;
- Construction and commissioning of small and medium industrial enterprises (perspective)
- Construction and development of logistic center (perspective)
By October 2010 all communications are already conducted. Construction of a plant manufacturing MDF boards is almost complete. This plant will become the first manufacturer of MDF boards in Ukraine.
Festivals
- Potato pancakes festival
Annually on the third Saturday of September in the city park International potato pancakes (Ukrainian: деруни, translit. derynu’)festival is held.
During the festival, competitions in “potato pancakes triathlon” is held. Triathlon includes such contests:
- "Potato pancakes powerlifting" - squat with two heavy jugs full of pancakes;
- Throwing potato pancakes in a bowl with sour cream with 5 meters (16.4 ft);
- Throwing potato pancakes to the competitor with 5 meters (16.4 ft).
At the festival works a potato pancakes school :experienced cooks will teach everyone to cook these pancakes.
However, the main intrigue of the festival is the competition for the tastiest pancake. Jury determines the winner. For a few hryvnias each taster can get a patent and thus become a member of the jury.
Various competitions, exhibitions, tasting traditional Polesia beverages, exhibits, performances by folk music ensembles are usually conducted.
September 25, 2010 the festival was held for the third time.
Twin towns and Sister cities
Mazyr in Belarus
Anenii Noi in Moldova
Kłobuck in Poland- Kraśnik in Poland
Noyabrsk in Russia
Svitlovodsk in Ukraine
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