Severivka

Village in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

Severivka Северівка
Village
The site of one of the buried houses of Severivka
51°06′16″N 29°04′17″E / 51.10444°N 29.07139°E / 51.10444; 29.07139
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zhytomyr Oblast
Raion	Korosten Raion
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	0

Severivka (Ukrainian: Северівка) is a former village in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. It was subordinated to the Lyubar village council. Due to radioactive contamination as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster,^[1] all of its residents were evicted.

History

In 1981, 80 people lived in Severovka.^[2]

On 27 June 1996, Severivka was deregistered by the Zhytomyr Oblast Council. Almost all the buildings in the village are collapsed now, there are no residents. The average radiation background in the Severivka is about 50-60 usv/hr. On 2 May 2018, a memorial plaque "Severivka is our native village" was installed by former villagers.

Severivka was previously located in Narodychi Raion until was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zhytomyr Oblast to four. The area of Narodychi Raion was merged into Korosten Raion.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Сhernobyl radiation map | Chernobyl location in Ukraine". realchernobyl.com.
^ "Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!". wikimapia.org.
^ "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.