Berdychiv Raion

Berdychiv Raion Бердичівський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 49°56′4″N 28°36′42″E / 49.93444°N 28.61167°ECoordinates: 49°56′4″N 28°36′42″E / 49.93444°N 28.61167°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 km^2 (334.1 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	29,234
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
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

1. "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}