Desna, Chernihiv Oblast Explained

Desna
Native Name:Десна
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Rural settlement
Pushpin Map:Ukraine#Ukraine Chernihiv Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Desna in Chernihiv Oblast
Coordinates:50.9311°N 30.7569°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Chernihiv Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Chernihiv Raion
Established Title:Town status
Established Date:1960
Leader Title:Town Head
Leader Name:Yuriy Ostashevskyi
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:0.08
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:125
Population Total:7297
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:17024
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 4646
Website:http://rada.gov.ua/

Desna (Ukrainian: Десна) is a rural settlement in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine.[2] It hosts the administration of Desna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3] The settlement's population was 7,180 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2] Current population: It is named after the Desna River which flows through the settlement.

The settlement houses a major military training center (169th Training Centre) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was hit by an airstrike by Russian forces on 17 May 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On the 25 June, the town was hit with cruise missiles, causing large amounts of damage but no casualties were reported.[4]

History

Until 18 July 2020, Desna belonged to Kozelets Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Kozelets Raion was merged into Chernihiv Raion.[5] [6]

Until 26 January 2024, Desna was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Desna became a rural settlement.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Desna (Chernihiv Oblast, Kozelets Raion). weather.in.ua. 26 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Desna, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Kozelets Raion. Regions of Ukraine and their Structure. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 26 March 2013. Ukrainian. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044702/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=25.03.2013&rf7571=40031. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Деснянская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
  4. Web site: Russians launch 20 missiles against town 60km north of Kyiv, destroying infrastructure . 2022-06-25 . news.yahoo.com . en-US.
  5. News: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.. 2020-10-03. 2020-07-18. Голос України. uk.
  6. Web site: Нові райони: карти + склад . Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України . Ukrainian.
  7. News: Что изменится в Украине с 1 января . glavnoe.in.ua . ru. 1 January 2024.