Fastiv

Fastiv (Ukrainian: Фа́стів) is a city in the Kyiv Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of the Fastiv Raion (district), to which it does not administratively belong. Its population is approximately 46,879 (2017 est.)[1].

Fastiv

Фастів
City
Fastiv skyline
Flag
Coat of arms
Fastiv
Fastiv
Coordinates: 50°05′N 29°55′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kiev Oblast
RaionFastiv Raion
Founded1390
Area
 • Total43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation
199 m (653 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total47,937
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)+380 4565
Websitefastiv-rada.gov.ua

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 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.

In September 1919, a pogrom of the Jewish population of Fastiv was carried out by Denikin's White Army forces; about 1,800 people were murdered and about 8,000 died in the following year from wounds or epidemics.[2] In 1941 the German Einsatzgruppe C under Paul Blobel murdered all Fastiv Jews between the ages of 12 and 60.[3]

Architecture

Historical landmarks include the Intercession Church (Ukrainian: Pokrovska Tserkva; Intercession of the Theotokos Church) - 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.


  • 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 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.
  • Youth Park in Fastiv
  • Holy Cross Cathedral

Town twinning
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Ukraine
Wałcz County, Poland

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. "The Murder of a Race". The Nation. 114. 8 March 1922.
  3. Yitzhak Arad (ed.): The Einsatzgruppen Reports. New York 1989, p. 129
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.