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Ovruch
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Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ovruch
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Церква Святого Василія м. Овруч.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- St. Basil Church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Ovruch prapor.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ovruch gerb.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zhytomyr Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Korosten Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Hromada
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ovruch urban hromada
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 946
- Settlement.established_title1
- City rights
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1641
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Овруч
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Principality of Kyiv
- Population
- 15250
- Area
- 9
- Elevation
- 149
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Ovruch Raion
- Official website
- ovruch.in.ua
- Image
- Свято-Василівський церква і жіночий монастир.jpg
- Dialing code
- 4148
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- Commons category
- Ovruch
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ovruch
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Ovruch
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ovruch
- topic's main category
- Category:Ovruch
- postal code
- 11109
- inception
- 0946-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 0977-00-00
- native label
- Овруч
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- twinned administrative body
- Zawiercie
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Middle Ages
- Early modern period
- Modern era
- Architecture
- Economy
- Medieval industrial centre
- Geography
- Climate
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Ovruch (, ) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine.
It was first mentioned as Vruchiy in 977. It was the capital city of the Drevlians in the 10th century, later conquered by the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, then later part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In the 16th century it became part of Poland, as a royal city. After the second partition of Poland in 1793 it became part of the Russian Empire, and then part of Ukraine. Until 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Ovruch Raion, until it was merged into Korosten Raion. It has a population of approximately and is home to the Ovruch air base.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ovruch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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