Kozyn
Козин | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Kozyn Kozyn | |
| Coordinates: 50°13′N 30°39′E / 50.217°N 30.650°E / 50.217; 30.650 | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kyiv Oblast |
| Raion | Obukhiv Raion |
| Founded | 1000 |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,300 |
| Postal code | 08711—08712 |
| Area code | +380 4472 |
Kozyn (Ukrainian: Козин) is a rural settlement in Obukhiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.1 Population: 3,536 (2022 estimate)2.
Kozyn is situated on the rivers Dnieper and the Kozynka, 25 km. to the south of Kyiv.
In Red Cavalry, Isaac Babel includes a one-page description of the Jewish cemetery in Kozyn. 'A cemetery in a Jewish shtetl. Assyria and the mysterious decay of the East on the weed-cluttered fields of Volyn.'3
Until 26 January 2024, Kozyn was a designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kozyn became a rural settlement.4
References
References
- "Козинська громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- 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.
- Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel, translated by Boris Dralyuk (London: Pushkin Press, 2014).
- "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.