Olevsk
{{short description|City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine}}
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| name = Olevsk
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| native_name = Олевськ
| settlement_type = City
| image_skyline = File:Olevsk 01.jpg
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| image_caption = Downtown Olevsk
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Zhytomyr Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Korosten Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Olevsk urban hromada
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| population_as_of = 2022
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| population_total = 10032
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| timezone = EET
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| coordinates = {{Coord|51|13|N|27|39|E|region:UA_type:city|display=title, inline}}
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Olevsk ({{Langx|uk|Олевськ}}, {{IPA|uk|oˈlɛu̯sʲk|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Олевськ.wav}}; {{Langx|pl|Olewsk}}; {{langx|yi|אלעווסק}}) is a city in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, administrative center of Olevsk urban hromada. As of January 2022 its population was approximately {{Ua-pop-est2022|10,032|punct=.|showyear=false}} Olevsk is located in Zhytomyr Polissya.
History
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Olevsk was first mentioned in 1488. In 1641 Olevsk was granted Magdeburg city rights by Polish King Władysław IV Vasa. Later it became a town in Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire.{{Cite web |last=Юрій Халімончук |title=Історія міста Олевськ |url=https://olevsk-gromada.gov.ua/istoriya-mista-olevsk/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Олевська ТГ |language=uk}}
During World War II on November 15 or 21, 1941, members of Taras Bulba-Borovets' Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army collaborated with the German administration in taking more than 500 Jews from Olevsk to Varvarivka, where they were murdered.{{cite news |last1=McBride |first1=Jared |date= |title=Ukrainian Holocaust Perpetrators Are Being Honored in Place of Their Victims |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/208439/holocaust-perpetrators-honored |access-date=2016-05-20 |work=The Tablet}}
On December 25, 2011, the city council of Olevsk renamed the streets of the city that bore the names of Soviet leaders, naming them in honor of prominent figures of the Ukrainian nationalist and patriotic movement. The streets and lanes named after Pavlo Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Hryhoriy Petrovsky, Mykhailo Kalinin, and Hryhoriy Kotovsky were renamed. Instead, they were named after Olena Teliha, Oleh Olzhych, Hetman Vyhovsky, Oleksiy Opanasiuk, Heroes of Kruty, the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, and Yuriy Tiutiunnyk.{{Cite web |title=На Житомирщині перейменували всі радянські назви вулиць - Новини - Ukranews |url=http://ukranews.com/uk/news/ukraine/2011/12/25/60746 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320204747/http://ukranews.com/uk/news/ukraine/2011/12/25/60746 |archive-date=2014-03-20 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=ukranews.com |language=uk}}
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Geography
Olevsk is located in the north-west of Korosten District of Zhytomyr Oblast, 180 km from the regional center. The city is located on the Polesian Lowland, in Zhytomyr Polissya .Житомирська область: географічний атлас. Вид. 5-е, випр. і допов. / відпов. ред. М. Ю. Костриця. Київ: ТОВ «Вид-во «Мапа», 2012. 23 с. Retrieved 2025-06-26 [https://mepr.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Regionalna-dopovid-ZHytomyrska-ODA-2021.pdf Регіональна доповідь про стан навколишнього природного середовища в Житомирській області за 2021] Житомирська обласна військова адміністрація Retrieved 2025-06-26 Mixed forests, swamps and lakes occur around the city. Pine, hornbeam and oak are most often found in the forests. The city is located on the right bank of the Pripyat River, a right tributary of the Dnieper River. The climate of the territory is moderately continental, with humid summers and mild winters. The average annual temperature is about 10 ° C, the average temperature in January is 4-5 ° C, and in July it is about + 20 ° C. The annual amount of precipitation is 570 mm. Костриця М. Ю. Географія Житомирської області. Ж., 1993. Retrieved 2025-06-26 The European highway E373 passes south of Olevsk.Постанова Кабінету Міністрів України від 30 січня 2019 року № 55 [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/55-2019-%D0%BF#Text «Про затвердження переліку автомобільних доріг загального користування державного значення»] Retrieved 2025-06-24
Gallery
File:Ubort River in Olevsk 03.jpg|Ubort River in Olevsk
File:Вокзал станції Олевськ.jpg|Olevsk railway station
File:Привокзальна площа Олевська.jpg|Saint Nicholas monument
File:М. Олевськ Житомирської області. Миколаївська церква..JPG|St. Nicholas Church
References
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