Korosten

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Korosten is a historic city in northern Ukraine known as a regional railway hub and former center of the ancient Drevlians.

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Korosten canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
populated place
affectedBy Chernobyl disaster fallout
associatedWith Drevlians
climate humid continental climate
country Ukraine
distanceFrom approximately 150 km northwest of Kyiv
formerName Iskorosten
grantedCityRights 20th century
hasAdministrativeStatus city of oblast significance
hasAreaCode +380 4142
hasBridgeOver Uzh River
hasCulturalSite Drevlians Culture Park
Korosten Historical Museum
hasFestival annual Deruny (potato pancake) festival
hasHistoricalSettlement medieval East Slavic town
hasIndustry building materials
food processing
light industry
woodworking
hasLocalGovernment Korosten City Council
hasMonument monument to Drevlians
monument to Princess Olga
hasOfficialWebsite https://korosten-rada.gov.ua/
hasPopulation approximately 60,000–70,000
over 60,000
hasPostalCodeRange 11500–11509
hasRailwayDepot Korosten locomotive depot
hasTransport railway station Korosten
regional bus connections
hasUrbanStatus city
historicalRegion Polesia
isAdministrativeCenterOf Korosten Raion
isRegionalRailwayHub true
languageOfToponym Ukrainian
locatedIn Ukrainian Polissya
Zhytomyr Oblast
northern Ukraine
linked to: Northern Ukraine
locatedOnRiver Uzh River
officialLanguage Ukrainian
railwayJunctionOn Korosten–Ovruch line
Korosten–Zhytomyr line
Kyiv–Korosten–Sarny line
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
wasCenterOf Drevlians
wasFortifiedSettlementOf Drevlians
wasPartOf Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus

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Zhytomyr Oblast containsCity Korosten
Chudniv locatedSouthOf Korosten