Berdychiv Raion

Berdychiv Raion
Berdychiv Raion; Бердичівський район
	Raion
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 49°56′4″N 28°36′42″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Zhytomyr Oblast
Admin. center	Berdychiv
Subdivisions	List 0 — city councils; 1 — settlement councils; — rural councils; ; ; Number of localities:; 0 — cities; 1 — urban-type settlements; — villages; — rural settlements;
Area
• Total	865.2 km2 (334.1 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	29,234
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code	+380

Berdychiv District (Raion) (Ukrainian: Бердичівський район) is a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Berdychiv, which does not belong to the raion and is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. The raion is located in the southern part of the oblast; the distance between Zhytomyr and Berdychiv is 43 kilometres (27 mi). It covers an area of 865.2 square kilometres (334.1 sq mi). Population: 29,234 (2013 est.)[1]

Natural tourist objects

Demchynskyi and Rayhorodskiy park-memorials landscape of gardening art of local value, hydro-recreation resource of the river Hnylopiat.

The natives of the district

figure of the Polish national movement Edmund Różycki (vil. Ahativka);
doctor of Economic I.Oliynyk;
opera singer G.Shapovalov (vil. Zhurbyntsi),
rector of Zhytomyr pedagogical institute P. Gornostai (vil. Ivankivtsi);
doctor of Biological S. Markevych (vil. Katerynivka),
doctor of Philological P.Bilous;
Honored trainer of the USSR V.Lonskyi (vil. Obukhivka);
poet M. Pasichnyk (vil. Polovetske);
bibliographer and literary critic M.Gumenyuk (vil.Reia );
the Doctor of engineering, general I. Oliynyk (vil.Skraglivka);
doctor of Arts and Philosophy D. Stepovyk, (vil. Slobodshche);
doctor of biological Ye. Kondratyuk (vil. Old Solotvyn);
classic of English literature Joseph Conrad;
author, memorialist Stefan Borovskyi (s. Terekhove);
corresponding member of Academy of Science of the USSR;
a physicist, Hero of the Soviet Union V.Mostovyi (s. Khazhyn).

References

Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

External links

Find out Berdychiv District @ Ukrainian.Travel {en}

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[ua2013estimate-1] Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.