Kozyn

Kozyn (Ukrainian: Козин) is a rural settlement in Obukhiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kozyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Population: 3,536 (2022 estimate)^[2].

Kozyn Козин
Rural settlement
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°13′N 30°39′E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kyiv Oblast
Raion	Obukhiv Raion
Founded	1000
Population  (2001)
• Total	3,300
Postal code	08711—08712
Area code	+380 4472

Kozyn is situated on the rivers Dnieper and the Kozynka, 25 km. to the south of Kyiv.

In Red Cavalry, Isaac Babel includes a one-page description of the Jewish cemetery in Kozyn. 'A cemetery in a Jewish shtetl. Assyria and the mysterious decay of the East on the weed-cluttered fields of Volyn.'^[3]

Until 26 January 2024, Kozyn was a designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kozyn became a rural settlement.^[4]

References

1. "Козинська громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
2. 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
3. Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel, translated by Boris Dralyuk (London: Pushkin Press, 2014).
4. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.