Varash

Template:Short description Template:Main otherTemplate:Template otherTemplate:Main other Varash (Template:Langx, ), previously known as Kuznetsovsk (Template:Langx) from 1977 to 2016, is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Varash urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine and Varash Raion, one of the raions of Ukraine. Population: Template:Ua-pop-est2022

The mayor of Varash is Oleksandr Menzul.

History

The first written mention of Varash is dated back to 1577. The status of an urban-type settlement was established in 1973 as a company town of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The new town was named in honor of the Soviet intelligence agent and partisan Nikolai Kuznetsov. The plan of the city reflects the ideals of late socialist realism. Part of the city occupies the site of the former village of Varash, founded in 1776. Now it is one of the districts in the city.

On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted a decision to rename Kuznetsovsk to Varash and conform to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.

Geography

Varash is located in the Volhynian Polissia in the north of Rivne Oblast. It is located over the Styr River which is a tributary of Pripyat River between Varash Raion (Rivne Oblast) and Kamin-Kashyrskyi Raion (Volyn Oblast).

Education

There are 12 kindergartens, 6 secondary schools, a high school, a music school, college, and a branch of the Kyiv Institute of Management in the city.

Press

Three newspapers are published in Varash. In addition, a television station and a radio company are operated here.

Architecture

As Varash is a relatively young city, it has a typical building style from the Soviet period. Today, the city continues to grow and expand.

• Independence Square
  Independence Square
• A residential building
  A residential building
• File:Центр-Вараша.jpg
• Palace of Culture
  Palace of Culture
• Monument to people affected by the Chernobyl disaster
  Monument to people affected by the Chernobyl disaster
• Hotel "Varash"
  Hotel "Varash"

Religion

There are a few churches and a cathedral. The architectural symbol of the city is the Savior-Transfiguration (Sviato-Preobrazhenskyi) Cathedral.

• Savior-Transfiguration Cathedral
  Savior-Transfiguration Cathedral
• File:Храм в Кузнецовске.jpg
• File:Церковь-в-Кузнецовске.jpg

External links

• varash.rv.gov.ua Template:Webarchive - Varash City Council