Zmiiv

Zmiiv Зміїв
Downtown Zmijiv
Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kharkiv Oblast
Raion	Zmiiv Raion
Founded	1640
City rights	1797
Area
• Total	55.77 km2 (21.53 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	17,063
• Density	306/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	63409
Licence plate	AX, KX, ХА (old), 21 (old)

Zmiiv (Ukrainian: Зміїв, Russian: Змиёв) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The population as of 2001 was 17,063. Zmiiv is the administrative center of Zmiivskyi Raion. Between 1976 and 1990, the city was renamed after Klement Gottwald, a Czechoslovak politician, to Gotwald (Ukrainian: Готвальд).

Geography

Zmiiv is situated on the right bank of the Seversky Donets River at the confluence of the right-hand tributary of the Mzha river.

Economy

A machine-building plant is the largest company in town. Zmiiv also has a paper mill, dairy plant, food-processing plant, packaging works, construction materials plant, publishing company, and some repair shops.

Transportation

Zmiiv is served by the Zmiiv station on the Southern Railway. The station was opened in 1910. It is served by the commuter rail (also known as elektrichki) connecting Kharkiv, Merefa, and Izium with intermediate stops.

Zmiiv has a bus station, which serves as a terminus for local bus routes. Zmiiv has also a regular bus connection with Kharkiv.

Sports

Zmiiv has one soccer club playing in the Kharkiv Oblast Premier League, "Mayak".

Points of interest

• Ionospheric Observatory, subsidiary of Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute (49°40′37″N 36°17′32″E) [1] [2]

Gallery

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  Zmijiv skyline
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  Old building
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  Zmijiv central hospital
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  WW2 hero memorial
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  Church under construction
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  Zmijiv railway station

Notable residents

• Igor Volk, cosmonaut and test pilot

External links

• Towns of Kharkiv Region
• Zmiiv portal
• History of Zmiiv