Varash (Ukrainian: Вараш), from 1977 to 2016 Kuznetsovsk (Ukrainian: Кузнецо́вськ), is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. Varash is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Population: 42,126 (2021 est.)[1]
Varash
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City of regional significance | |
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Coordinates: 51°20′40″N 25°51′03″E | |
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Raion | Varash City |
Founded | 1973 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Serhiy̆ Anoshchenko |
Area | |
• Total | 11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 42,126 |
• Density | 3,700/km2 (9,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Area code(s) | +380 3636 |
The mayor of Varash is O. Menzul.[citation needed]
The first written mention of Varash is dated back to 1577 as "ZIEMIE RUSKIE. WOLYN i PODOLE". A modern urban-type settlement was started on 1973 as a company town of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The new town was named in honor of the Soviet intelligence agent, partisan Nikolai Kuznetsov. The plan of the city reflects the ideals of late socialist realism. Part of the city occupies the site of the former village of Varash, founded in 1776. Now it is one of the districts in the city.
On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kuznetsovsk to Varash and conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]
Varash is located in the Volhynian Polesie in the north of Rivne Oblast. It is located over the Styr River which is a tributary of Pripyat River between Volodymyrets Raion (Rivne Oblast) and Manevychi Raion (Volyn Oblast).
There are 12 kindergartens, 6 secondary schools, a high school, a music school, college, and a branch of the Kyiv Institute of Management in the city.
Three newspapers are published in Varash. In addition, a television station and a radio company are operated here.
As Varash is a relatively young city, it has a typical building style from the Soviet period. Today the city continues to grow and expand.
There are a few churches and a cathedral. The architectural symbol of the city is the Svyato-Preobrazhenskiy Cathedral.
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