Podilsk
Podilsk (Ukrainian: Подільськ, Romanian: Bârzula or Bârzu), until May 2016 Kotovsk (Ukrainian: Котовськ), is a city in Odessa Oblast, 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 Odessa Oblast, though it is not a part of the district. Population: 39,662 (2021 est.)[1]. In 2001, population was 40,718. It is the largest city in the northern part of Odessa Oblast.
Podilsk
Подільськ | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Podilsk railway station | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Podilsk  Podilsk | |
| Coordinates: 47°44′31″N 29°32′06″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Odessa Oblast |
| Raion | Podilsk Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.44 km2 (9.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 248 m (814 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 39,662 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 |
| Postal code | 66300—314 |
| Area code(s) | +380-4862 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
History
Birzula was first mentioned in Turkish documents in 1772 as one of the settlements of the Dubossar raya.
The Ukrainian-Italian-Brazilian 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 named 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]
The city has a major railway station and depot on the line Odessa—Zhmerynka (stretch Razdelnaya—Poberezhye). The 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 law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[7]
Gallery
Suputnyk Hotel in Podilsk
Podilsk supermarket
City park
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- uk:Ватагін Гліб Васильович
- "In the Odessa region, a monument to the participant of the "red terror" Kotovsky was dismantled" (in Russian). UNIAN. 11 June 2017.
- "Лавина пішла: у Одеській області вночі зруйнували Леніна".
- "Ukraine protests: Riot police storm offices of opposition party in". Independent.co.uk. 10 December 2013.
- "Police: One more Lenin statue broken in Odesa region". Kyiv Post. 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
- "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
