Voronizh

Rural locality in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Rural settlement in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Voronizh Вороніж
Rural settlement
Church of Saint Michael
51°46′36″N 33°27′57″E / 51.77667°N 33.46583°E / 51.77667; 33.46583
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Sumy Oblast
Raion	Shostka Raion
Population (2022)
• Total	6,560
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Voronizh (Ukrainian: Вороніж, IPA: [wɔˈrɔn⁽ʲ⁾iʒ]; Russian: Воронеж, romanized: Voronezh, IPA: [vɐˈronʲɪʂ]) is a rural settlement in Shostka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Osota, a left tributary of the Desna, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Voronizh belongs to Shostka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 6,560 (2022 estimate).^[2]

History

Until 26 January 2024, Voronizh was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Voronizh became a rural settlement.^[3]

Economy

Industry

A sugar factory in Voronizh was built in the 1860s by Nikolay Tereshchenko. It was the largest industrial enterprise in the settlement until 2004, when it stopped operation.^[4]

Transportation

Tereshchenska railway station is located in Voronizh. It is on the main line connecting Kyiv and Moscow across the Russian border; there is also a side line to Shostka and Novhorod-Siverskyi which starts in Tereshchenska. There is intensive passenger traffic through the station. Until 2007, it was known as Voronezhska railway station.^[4]

The settlement is connected by road with Shostka and with Krolevets, where it has access to Highway M02 and further to Kyiv.

Notable people

Panteleimon Kulish (1819–1897), Ukrainian writer, critic, poet, folklorist, and translator

References

^ "Шосткинская городская 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.
^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b Шифрин, Леонид (22 January 2010). "Воронеж проголосовал за президента Украины". shostka.info (in Russian).