Vorzel
Vorzel
Ворзель | |
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Urban-type settlement | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′N 30°9′E / 50.550°N 30.150°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kyiv Oblast |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 6,152 |
| Postal code | 08296 |
| Area code | +380 4597 |
| Website | http://vorzel.kiev.ua |
Vorzel (Ukrainian: Во́рзель) is an urban-type village in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Together with Hostomel and Kotsiubynske it is subordinated to the city council of Irpin. Population: 6,766 (2021 est.)[1].
It is home to Scripture Union's International Youth Camp.
History
The village was formed in 1905 (as the memorial plaque on the building of the Vorzelsky railway station says) on the 37th kilometer of the section of the Kovel railwaythanks to the conspiracy of local landowners Krasovsky, Chaika, von Derviz, Saratovsky, Pekhovsky and Kicheeva.
During the World War II the village was occupied by German troops on 22 September 1941. Two years later, in November 1943, the village was taken by Soviet troops took without a fight back to USSR[2].
During Russian-Ukrainian war the village was shelled and than occupated by russian troops in late Fabruary, 2022[3]. Until March 9, Vorzel was blocked by the Russian occupiers, leaving most houses without electricity, heat and water[4]. It was only on March 9 that the evacuation of local residents began[5], among the evacuees was a famous ukrainian composer Ihor Poklad[6]
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References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- ^ uvarovsky (2013-11-12). "У Ворзелі вперше відсвяткували День визволення селища від німецько-фашистських окупантів". Ворзельський музей історії та культури «Уваровський дім» (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "Russia shelled Vorzel, the orphanage with 50 children bombed". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ "Більшість районів Ворзеля через постійні ворожі обстріли – без світла, тепла й води". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ ""Знесилені, налякані й голодні": евакуйовані з Ворзеля та Ірпеня поділилися жахіттями російської окупації (фото)". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ Алла (2022-03-12). "Були без їжі, води та зв'язку: композитора Ігоря Поклада з дружиною врятовано з підвалу будинку у Ворзелі". Про Львів (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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