Fastiv

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Fastiv
Фастів
City
Fastiv skyline
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Fastiv
Fastiv
Coordinates: 50°05′N 29°55′E / 50.083°N 29.917°E / 50.083; 29.917Coordinates: 50°05′N 29°55′E / 50.083°N 29.917°E / 50.083; 29.917
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Kiev Oblast
Raion Fastiv Raion
Founded 1390
Area
 • Total 43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 52,300
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) +380 4565
Website fastiv-rada.gov.ua

Fastiv (Ukrainian: Фа́стів, Fastiv) is a city located in the Kiev Oblast (Oblast in central Ukraine, the administrative center of the Fastivskyi Raion (district). Population is about 52,300 (as of 2012).[1]

Lying on conjunction of railway lines, Fastiv is an important node station on the rail route from central Europe to Russia and Asia. Brewing and machinery industry are also present, although the majority of inhabitants are employed by the Ukrzaliznytsia's 12 railway installations in the city.

History

Fastiv is a historical city that survived through Cossack uprisings and the Great Turkish War with the period of total devastation and later resettlement. Landmarks of those times include Pokrovska Tserkva - a 17th-century Orthodox church, also known as Paliy Church (after the Cossack leader Semen Paliy). There is also an early 20th-century Catholic church.

Gallery

  • City center and river bridge on an early 20th-century postcard.

  • Unava River in Fastiv (early 20th-century postcard).

  • Fastiv's brewery by the Unava River in early 20th-century (postcard).

  • Fastiv's catholic church and its parish (early 20th-century postcard).

  • Historic wooden Paliy Church in Fastiv.

  • Fastiv's railway station (early 20th-century postcard).

  • Modern Fastiv-1 railway station: passenger terminal and the "Museum on wheels".

  • A street in the city centre.

  • A suburban train and the railway skyline.

  • One of Fastiv's many railway intersections.

Town twinning

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine
Russia Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia

See also

References

  1. ↑ Місто Фастів (Ukrainian)

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