Kvartsytne
Kvartsytne
Кварцитне | |
|---|---|
  Kvartsytne  Kvartsytne | |
| Coordinates: 51°23′21″N 28°51′45″E / 51.3892°N 28.8625°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zhytomyr Oblast |
| Raion | Korosten Raion |
| Hromada | Hladkovychi rural hromada |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kvartsytne (Ukrainian: Кварцитне), formerly known as Pershotravneve (Ukrainian: Першотравневе) is a rural settlement in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 2,326 (2022 estimate)[1] In 2011, the population was 2,620.
The city was heavily affected by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the settlement was occupied by Russia on 26 February 2022 and regained by Ukraine on 3 April 2022.[citation needed]
In September 2024, Pershotravneve was renamed to Kvartsytne by the Verkhovna Rada.[2]
Geography
[edit]The settlement is located several miles north of the small city of Ovruch, where the Ovruch air base is located, at the edge of the forests south of Belarus, between the railroad tracks and highway M-21/P-31 towards the border.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [On renaming individual populated places and raions]. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-09-26.