Voronizh
Вороніж | |
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![]() Church of Saint Michael | |
Location in Sumy Oblast | |
Coordinates: 51°46′36″N 33°27′57″E / 51.77667°N 33.46583°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Oblast | Sumy Oblast |
Raion | Shostka Raion |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 6,560 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Voronizh (Ukrainian: Воро́ніж, IPA: [wɔˈrɔn⁽ʲ⁾iʒ]; Russian: Воро́неж, romanized: Vorónezh, IPA: [vɐˈronʲɪʂ]) is an urban-type settlement in Shostka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the banks of the Osota, a left tributary of the Desna, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Voronizh belongs to Shostka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,560 (2022 estimate).[2]
A sugar factory in Voronizh was built in the 1860s by Nikolay Tereshchenko. It was the largest industrial enterprise in the settlement until 2004, when it stopped operation.[3]
Tereshchenska railway station is located in Voronizh. It is on the main line connecting Kyiv and Moscow across the Russian border; there is also a side line to Shostka and Novhorod-Siverskyi which starts in Tereshchenska. There is intensive passenger traffic through the station. Until 2007, it was known as Voronezhska railway station.[3]
The settlement is connected by road with Shostka and with Krolevets, where it has access to Highway M02 and further to Kyiv.