Korostyshiv

City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Korostyshiv Корости́шів
City
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Korostyshiv
Flag Coat of arms
50°19′N 29°04′E / 50.317°N 29.067°E / 50.317; 29.067
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Zhytomyr Raion
Population (2022)
• Total	24,129
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Korostýšiv (Ukrainian: Корости́шів, Polish: Korosteszów, Russian: Коросты́шев) is a city in Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it served as the administrative center of the former Korostyshiv Raion. Population: 24,129 (2022 estimate).^[1]

History

The city was founded around the VI-VII centuries. According to legend, the town was called Khminychi and was the center of one of the Drevlians tribes, the Minskians.

The first written mention as a village of Zhitomirsky Uyezd, Kyiv Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania dates back to March 26, 1499. For sixty-five years it belonged to the Chornobyl Kmyts, a well-known and influential family of Right-bank Ukraine. Since 1565, after it was sold by Filon Kmita,^[2] the town became the property of the Olizar family,^[3] who later received the title of counts.

In July 1768, Ivan Bondarenko's Cossacks visited the town.^[4]

In 1779, Magdeburg rights and a coat of arms were granted with the image of the family emblem of the Olizar Counts: a golden church flag with a cross on a red background (noble coat of arms "Radvan"). After the second partition of Poland in 1793, Korostyshiv became part of the Russian Empire. In 1795, the town became part of the Radomyslsky Uyezd of the Volhynian Governorate, and in 1797 it was transferred to the Kyiv Governorate, which it remained part of for more than 120 years. The Olizar family remained the owners of Korostyshev until 1873. Most of the lands of the manor were forests.

According to the 1897 census, 7,863 residents lived in the city.

Korostyshev native Leebe Shaikovich, whose name would be modified to Louis Sakowitz when he emigrated to the United States in 1886, founded the high-fashion department store chain Sakowitz, based in Houston, Texas, U.S..^[5]

On Oct 9, 1900 Henry de La Vaulx (1870–1930 and a companion set a distance record in a balloon traveling 1200 miles from Vincennes to Korostyshiv. in 35.75 hours

In 1938, the status of a city was granted.^[6]^[7]

In January 1989, the population was 28 046 people.^[8]

Gallery

Korostyshiv railway station terminal
City park
Fountain in the park
War memorial in Korostyshiv
Korostyshiv pedagogical college
Teteriv River in Korostyshiv
Korostyshiv quarry

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kohtla-Järve, Estonia^[9]

References

^ 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.
^ "Polona". polona.pl. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "Єршов В. О. Духовний світ митця Г. П. Олізара [Архівовано 1 липня 2015 у Wayback Machine.] // Українська полоністика. 2005. — № 2. — С. 157—173" (PDF).
^ Букет Євген. Іван Бондаренко — останній полковник Коліївщини. Історичний нарис. — Київ: Видавництво «Стікс», 2014. — 320 с. ISBN 978-966-2401-09-7
^ Zapata, Johhny. "Sakowitz: a legend in Houston retail" (PDF). Houston History. 17 (6). Retrieved 12 November 2023.
^ Відомості Верховної Ради СРСР. — 1938. — № 21. — 15 грудня. — С. 4.
^ ИнфоРост, Н. П. "ГПИБ | СССР. Административно-территориальное деление союзных республик : изменения, происшедшие за время с 1/X 1938 г. по 1/III 1939 г. - М., 1939". elib.shpl.ru. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Kohtla-Järve linn. Retrieved 1 March 2012.