Podilsk

Podilsk (Ukrainian: Поді́льськ, pronounced [poˈd⁽ʲ⁾ilʲsʲk]; Romanian: Bârzula or Bârzu), until May 2016 Kotovsk (Ukrainian: Котовськ, Russian: Котовск) is a city in Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. Administratively, Podilsk is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Podilsk Raion, one of twenty-six districts of Odesa Oblast, though it is not a part of the district.

Podilsk
Подільськ
City
Podilsk railway station
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Podilsk
Podilsk
Coordinates: 47°44′31″N 29°32′06″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Odesa Oblast
RaionPodilsk Raion
Area
 • Total25.44 km2 (9.82 sq mi)
Elevation
248 m (814 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total39,220
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2
Postal code
66300—314
Area code+380-4862
ClimateDfb
Websitepodilska-gromada.gov.ua

It had a population of 39,220 (2022 est.)[1]. In 2001, it had a population of 40,718. It is the largest city in the northern part of Odesa Oblast.

History

Birzula was first mentioned in Turkish documents in 1772 as one of the settlements of the Dubossar raya. The Russian-Italian physicist Gleb Wataghin was born in Birzula in 1899.[2]

The city is known as the place where Soviet military leader Grigori Kotovsky was buried in a mausoleum. In 1935, the city was renamed Kotovsk after him; formerly the settlement bore the name Birzula. The mausoleum was later destroyed during the Romanian occupation of Transnistria. The monument was (again) dismantled in June 2017 to comply with decommunization laws.[3]

A Vladimir Lenin statue in Kotovsk was pushed off its pedestal and broken into several pieces on December 9, 2013.[4][5][6] On 21 May, 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Kotovsk to Podilsk and Kotovsk Raion to Podilsk Raion according to the laws prohibiting names of Communist origin.[7]

Transportation

The city has a major railway station and depot on the Odesa—Zhmerynka line (a stretch of the Razdelnaya—Poberezhye line).

  • Suputnyk Hotel in Podilsk
  • Podilsk supermarket
  • City park

See also

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. uk:Ватагін Гліб Васильович
  3. "In the Odessa region, a monument to the participant of the "red terror" Kotovsky was dismantled" (in Russian). UNIAN. 11 June 2017.
  4. "Лавина пішла: у Одеській області вночі зруйнували Леніна".
  5. "Ukraine protests: Riot police storm offices of opposition party in". Independent.co.uk. 10 December 2013.
  6. "Police: One more Lenin statue broken in Odesa region". Kyiv Post. 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  7. "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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