Shostka

Shostka (Ukrainian: Шостка) is a city in Sumy Oblast in the north-east of Ukraine. Shostka serves as the administrative center of Shostka Raion. It is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion.

Shostka
Шостка
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Shostka
Shostka
Coordinates: 51°52′N 33°29′E
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionCity of Shostka
Founded18th century
Area
 • Total36 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation
171 m (561 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total73,197
Websitehttp://www.shostka-rada.gov.ua/

The town lies on the Shostka River, a tributary of the Desna, from which it gets its name. Shostka is an important centre of industry: in chemicals (see Svema) and in dairy, the Shostka City Milk Plant was recently acquired by the Bel Group.

History

Shostka started out as a village at the beginning of the 17th century for Ukrainian Cossacks which were based there. In 1739, a gunpowder factory was built there. Since that time Shostka was one of the most important gunpowder suppliers in the Russian Empire. In 1893, a branch of a nearby railroad line was built. Shostka was granted municipal rights in 1920. In 1931, a film factory was built in Shostka which was one of the main suppliers of cinema and photo film in the USSR.

During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Shostka was temporarily occupied by Russian troops.[1] During the withdrawal from the Chernihiv region and Sumy region, Russian troops left Shostka.[2]

Demographics

Shostka's population: 1926 - 8,600 inhabitants, 1959 - 39,000 inhabitants, 1970 - 64,000 inhabitants, 1979 - 80,000 inhabitants, 1984 - 84,000 inhabitants

Sports

Shostka is home to the Ukrainian football team Impuls Shostka.

The city is the birthplace of Lightweight Boxer Ivan Redkach.

Shostka is the hometown of the fictional Mousekewitz family in the 1986 animated film An American Tail, the opening of which depicts a Cossack (and cat) raid on the town.

  • Nativity of Christ Church
  • Local museum on Svobody Boulevard
  • School Nr. 2
  • Sadovyi Boulevard
  • Residential buildings on Deputatska Street

References
  1. https://www.paudal.com/2022/03/18/message-from-an-occupied-shostka-anxiety-hunger-and-sorrow/
  2. https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/ukraine-forces-control-sumy-region-bordering-russia/articleshow/90728325.cms#:~:text=%2C%22%20he%20said.-,Russian%20forces%20have%20recently%20withdrawn%20from%20territory%20in%20the%20north,which%20are%20south%20of%20Sumy.


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