Koziatyn (also referred to as Kozyatyn; , ; ; ) is a city in the Vinnytsia Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The population is .

Geography Koziatyn is located from the oblast capital, Vinnytsia (approximately from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine). It lies on the banks of the Huiva River in the western part of Dnieper Upland.

History

The village of Koziatyn was first mentioned in 1734. The city was founded during the construction of Kyiv-Balta railway. Koziatyn became a town of the Berdychiv district of Kyiv Governorate on July 7, 1874.

In late 1918 Koziatyn was a site of battles between insurgents and German troops during the Anti-Hetman Uprising. In February 1919 the city witnessed fights between Sich Riflemen and Bolshevik forces, and in August of the same year it was captured by the Ukrainian Galician Army during its offensive on Kyiv.

In April 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik War, the town was captured by Polish forces in what became known as the Raid on Koziatyn. In 1923, Koziatyn became the district center of Berdychiv okruha. A few years later, the district was included in the Vinnytsia Oblast.

During World War II, Koziatyn was under German occupation from 15 July 1941 until 28 December 1943. It was administered as part of Reichskommissariat Ukraine from 1 September 1941 until 28 December 1943. The Jewish population was systematically destroyed through a series of mass killing operations. On June 4, 1942, Germans killed 508 Jews and another 250 in early July. In August they murdered 183, and the last 30 in December 1942.

Under the Soviet rule Koziatyn served as the centre of an eponymous district.

In 1992, the UOC-KP community was formed in the city. In July 2000, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to include Koziatyn in the category of cities of regional subordination. In 2020 the city was incorporated into Khmilnyk Raion.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, the city had a population of 27,155. The ethnic composition was as follows:

Economy Koziatyn is an important railway junction. There is also a big poultry farm in the city. The railroad industry accounts for 90% of Koziatyn's budget income.

Twin towns – sister cities Koziatyn is twinned with:

Leżajsk, Poland Bolzano, Italy

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References

External links

sister-cities.org The murder of the Jews of Koziatyn during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.