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Coordinates: 51°52′N 33°29′E / 51.867°N 33.483°E / 51.867; 33.483
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51°52′N 33°29′E / 51.867°N 33.483°E / 51.867; 33.483

Shostka
Шостка
City
Flag of Shostka
Flag
Official seal of Shostka
Seal
Shostka is located in Sumy Oblast
Shostka
Shostka
Shostka is located in Ukraine
Shostka
Shostka
Coordinates: 51°52′N 33°29′E / 51.867°N 33.483°E / 51.867; 33.483
Country Ukraine
Oblast Sumy Oblast
RaionCity of Shostka
Founded18th century
Area
 • Total36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation
171 m (561 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total74,125
Websitehttp://www.shostka-rada.gov.ua/

Shostka (Ukrainian: Шостка) is a city in Sumy Oblast in the north-east of Ukraine. Shostka serves as the administrative center of Shostka Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. Population: 74,125 (2020 est.)[1]

The town lies on the Shostka River, a tributary of the Desna, from which it gets its name. Shostka is an important centre of industry: in chemicals (see Svema) and in dairy, the Shostka City Milk Plant was recently acquired by the Bel Group.

History

Shostka started out as a village at the beginning of the 17th century for Ukrainian Cossacks which were based there. In 1739, a gunpowder factory was built there. Since that time Shostka was one of the most important gunpowder suppliers in the Russian Empire. In 1893, a branch of a nearby railroad line was built. Shostka was granted municipal rights in 1920. In 1931, a film factory was built in Shostka which was one of the main suppliers of cinema and photo film in the USSR.

Demographics

Shostka's population: 1926 - 8,600 inhabitants, 1959 - 39,000 inhabitants, 1970 - 64,000 inhabitants, 1979 - 80,000 inhabitants, 1984 - 84,000 inhabitants

Sports

Shostka is home to the Ukrainian football team Impuls Shostka.

The city is the birthplace of Lightweight Boxer Ivan Redkach.

Shostka is the hometown of the fictional Mousekewitz family in the 1986 animated film An American Tail, the opening of which depicts a Cossack (and cat) raid on the town. Although set in the 1880s when Ukraine was a part of the Russian Empire, the film's claim in text that Shostka is based in Russia, rather than Ukraine, is inaccurate.

  • Downtown of Shostka
    Downtown of Shostka
  • Karl Marx Street, Shostka
    Karl Marx Street, Shostka
  • Soviet memorial
    Soviet memorial

References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.


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