Stepan

{{short description|Rural locality in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{About||the Slavic given name|Stepan (given name)|the surname|Stepan (surname)|the company|Stepan Company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Stepan

| native_name = Степань

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Rural settlement

| image_skyline = Свято-Троїцька церква, 3.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Holy Trinity Church

| image_flag = Flag of Stepan.svg

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Coat of arms Stepan.svg

| shield_alt =

| pushpin_map = Ukraine Rivne Oblast#Ukraine

| pushpin_map1 =

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_alt =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Stepan in Ukraine

| coordinates = {{coord|51|07|42|N|26|18|15|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_name1 = Rivne Oblast

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_name2 = Sarny Raion

| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_name3 = Stepan settlement hromada

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1861

| established_title1 = Town status

| established_date1 = 1980

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Town Head

| leader_name = Volodymyr Sydorchuk

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3.33

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Stepan (Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion)|url=http://weather.in.ua/en/rovenskaja/25164|work=weather.in.ua|accessdate=9 February 2012}}

| elevation_m = 164

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 4,073

| population_as_of = 2001

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_note =

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 34560

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +380 3655

| website = [http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=10.02.2012&rf7571=28355 http://rada.gov.ua/]

| footnotes =

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Stepan ({{langx|uk|Степань}}; {{langx|pl|Stepań}}; {{langx|he|סטפאן}}) is a rural settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.{{cite web|title=Stepan, Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=10.02.2012&rf7571=28355|work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|access-date=9 February 2012|language=Ukrainian|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421115451/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=10.02.2012&rf7571=28355|archive-date=21 April 2016}} Current population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|4,062}}

The settlement is located in the historic Volhynia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the Horyn, a tributary of the Prypiat.{{cite web|title=Stepan|url=http://castles.com.ua/stepan.html|work=Castles and Churches of Ukraine|accessdate=9 February 2012|language=Ukrainian}}

History

The first written mention of Stepan dates back to 1290. In 1900, the Jewish population of Stepan totaled 1,854.{{cite web|title=Stepan, Ukraine|url=http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-1055235|work=JewishGen|accessdate=10 February 2012}} During the World War II occupation of Ukraine, the Nazi German occupying forces established a Jewish ghetto, where nearly 3000 Jews were killed. In 1960, Stepan acquired the status of an urban-type settlement. On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Stepan became a rural settlement.{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}

People from Stepan

  • Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799–1857), socialist Polish revolutionary{{cite web|title=Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799–1857)|url=http://www.chronologia.pl/biogram-wost17990326s0.html|work=Kalendarz Historyczny|accessdate=9 February 2012|language=Polish}}

See also

  • Klesiv, the other former urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast

References

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