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Oster

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Oster (, ) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.official_name
Oster
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Юр'їва божниця в Острі.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Saint Michael's Church
Settlement.image_seal
File:Oster COA (Chernigov Governorate) (1782).png
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Chernihiv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Chernihiv Raion
Settlement.population_total
5564
Settlement.population_as_of
2022
Settlement.area_total_km2
76
Settlement.established_date
1098
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date1
1662
Settlement.established_title1
Magdeburg rights
Settlement.elevation_m
111

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Oster (, ) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is

Today Oster is a river port with a cotton-textile factory and a food industry. Some parts of the old fortress in Oster have been preserved, as have the remains of the Saint Michael's Church, constructed in 1098 and the only preserved church of the medieval principality of Pereiaslav.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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