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Zhytomyr Oblast (Ukrainian: Житомирська область, translit. Zhytomyrs’ka oblast’; also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna - Ukrainian: Житомирщина) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr.
[edit] HistoryThe oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on September 22, 1937. The oblast is located in the historic region of Polesia (Ukrainian: Полісся, translit. Polissia). [edit] GeographyThe total area of the Zhytomyr Oblast encompasses 29,832 km². Among the points of interest it is important to mention the following sites that were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine
[edit] PopulationThe current estimated population of the oblast is 1,328,158 (as of 2006). Zhytomyr Oblast is the most important center of Polish minority in Ukraine, which is numbered there at 49,000. [edit] EconomyThe economy of Zhytomyr Oblast mostly deals with mining of granite and other construction stone, forestry, agriculture and various machinery manufacturing. The northern part of the province is highly affected by the Chernobyl disaster: some of the towns and raions are devastated and are included in the Chornobyl zone, while others are prohibited from producing their own agriculture. [edit] Administrative divisionsThe Zhytomyr Oblast is subdivided into 23 raions (districts), and 5 of its cities are designated as separate raions within the oblast. The districts of the Zhytomyr oblast include:
[edit] Important cities Important cities of Zhytomyr Oblast include: [edit] NomenclatureMost of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers" (Ukrainian: обласний центр, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name of each oblast is a relative adjective, formed by adding a feminine suffix to the name of respective center city: Zhytomyr is the center of the Zhytomyrs'ka oblast' (Lviv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Zhytomyr Oblast, Zhytomyrshchyna. See also: Romanization of Ukrainian [edit] References[edit] See also
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