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Malyn

City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine


City in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine

FieldValue
official_nameMalyn
native_nameМалин, Malin
settlement_typeCity
image_skylineЗалізничний вокзал Малин Житомирщина.jpg
image_captionRailway station
image_flagMalyn prapor.png
image_shieldMalyn gerb.png
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1Oblast
subdivision_name
subdivision_name1Zhytomyr Oblast
subdivision_type2Raion
subdivision_name2Korosten Raion
subdivision_type3Hromada
subdivision_name3Malyn urban hromada
established_titleFounded
established_date891
area_total_km260.92
population_as_of2022
population_total25,172
population_density_km2444.5
pushpin_mapUkraine Zhytomyr Oblast#Ukraine
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Malyn
coordinates
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code11600
area_code+380-4133
websiteMalyn governmental site

Malyn (, , ) is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of Ukraine located about 100 km northwest of Kyiv. It served as the administrative center of Malyn Raion until the administrative reform in 2020, when it was merged into Korosten Raion. Population: As of January 2025, the city has a population of 27,000.

Located in a wooded area of Polesia (literally woodland), the city is known for its paper factory and a sheet of paper is depicted on the city's coat of arms. The city is located on the Irsha river which is a left tributary of Teteriv.

Through the city runs an important railroad Kyiv – Korosten and a motor vehicle highway Kyiv-Kovel-Warsaw.

The town hosts a seismic monitoring station (designated PS-45) belonging to an international network of nuclear test monitoring stations intended to verify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) treaty.

History

The name of the city is traditionally connected with Prince Mal of the Drevlians mentioned in the Rus' chronicles, particularly during the Drevlian uprising of 945 against Igor, the Grand Prince of Kyiv.

Malyn was mentioned as a possession of nobleman Hryńko Wnuczkiewicz during the rule of Alexander Jagiellon at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. After his death, it passed to the Jelec family. Following the Second Partition of Poland, the town was annexed by Russia in 1793. In 1801 it passed to the Morzkowski family, and afterwards to the Radziwiłł family.

Malyn is a small homeland of Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, an Imperial Russian traveler, for whom Malyn served a residence to the maternal side of his family.

A paper mill and a tannery were founded in 1873 and 1877, respectively.

On 27–28 April 1920, it was the site of a battle in which the Poles defeated the Russians and liberated the town during the Kyiv offensive and Polish–Soviet War.

During World War II, Malyn was under German occupation from 29 July 1941 until 12 November 1943. It was administered as a part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine.

On March 3, 1975, the village of Horodyshche of the Ukrainian Village Council and the southwestern part of the village of Malynivka of the Malynivka Village Council of the Malyn district were included in the city of Malyn.

At least five people were killed in Malyn in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On February 27, 2022, a Bayraktar drone downed a Russian Buk near Malyn. On March 7, 2022, Russians shelled the town, destroying a two-story building and 3 cars. It is known that one person was killed and 3 others were injured. The Church of St. Michael of the Odesa Diocese of the UOC (MP), located in the city center at 3 Soborna Square, was also destroyed. On May 20, 2022, according to the mayor of Malyn, Oleksandr Sytailo, 3 people were injured and 100 houses were damaged by rocket fire in the town.

Demographics

Distribution of the population by ethnicity according to the 2001 census:{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Malyn|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars=

Sports

FC Papirnyk Malyn is a Ukrainian football team based in Malyn.

Notable people

  • Vladyslav Gorai, Ukrainian opera singer (tenor)
  • Batia Lishansky, Israeli sculptor
  • Rayisa Nedashkivska, Soviet-Ukrainian theater and cinema actress
  • David Nowakowsky, composer
  • Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi, Israeli author and educator
  • Dmytro Kozatskyi, Ukrainian photographer, serviceman, senior soldier
  • Volodymir Satsyuk, former deputy head of Ukraine’s intelligence agency, a suspect in president Yushchenko's poisoning.

References

References

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  5. Відомості Верховної Ради УРСР 1975 рік № 10 стор.133
  6. (27 February 2022). "«Байрактар» знищив «Бук» на Житомирщині".
  7. Zaxid.net. (7 March 2022). "Росіяни обстріляли місто Малин на Житомирщині, є загиблі".
  8. "Росія нищить наші православні храми - УПЦ Московського патріархату". BBC News Україна.
  9. (2022-05-20). "Російські окупанти ракетами обстріляли місто на Житомирщині: пошкоджено 100 будинків, є потерпілі".
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