Zastavna
Zastavna
Заставна | |
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 Sign at the entrance of the city | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Zastavna  Zastavna | |
| Coordinates: 48°31′13″N 25°50′42″E / 48.52028°N 25.84500°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Chernivtsi Oblast |
| Raion | Chernivtsi Raion |
| Hromada | Zastavna urban hromada |
| First chronicled | 1589 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yaroslav Tsurkan |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 7,750 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 59400-05 |
| Area code | +380 3737 |
Zastavna (Ukrainian: Заставна, IPA: [zɐsˈtɑu̯nɐ] ; Romanian: Zastavna) is a small city in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Zastavna is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) to the north of the city of Chernivtsi, in the historical region of Bukovina. It hosts the administration of Zastavna urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 7,750 (2022 estimate).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The name of Zastavna most likely origins from its location surrounded by ponds (ukr. "stav"). There is also a theory that the name comes from the turnpike (застава, zastava) which once stood on the road to Chernivtsi .[citation needed]
Between 1941 and 1944, while part of Romania, it was known in Romanian as Târgu Nistrului, lit. 'Dniester Town'.
History
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Moldavia 1589–1775
Habsburg monarchy 1775–1804
Kingdom of Romania 1918–1940
Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) 1940–1941
Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) 1944–1991
Ukraine 1991–present
The first mention in chronicles is dated to 1589.
Zastavna has the status of town since 1940.[3][4][5]
A local newspaper is published here since January 1945.[6]
In January 1989 the population was 9438 people.[7][5]
In January 2013 the population was 8063 people.[8]
Until 18 July 2020, Zastavna served as an administrative center of Zastavna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Zastavna Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.[9][10]
Transport
[edit]The city has a railway station[3][5] (Lviv Railways)
Notable people
[edit]- Eliyahu Temler (1919–1948) - Irgun senior commander
Gallery
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Great synagogue
References
[edit]- ^ "Заставненская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b Заставна // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 9. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
- ^ Заставна // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.453
- ^ a b c Заставна // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.452
- ^ № 3268. Знамя победы // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.427
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.108
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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