Kozelets

Kozelets' (Ukrainian: Козелець; Russian: ) is a historic city located in the Chernihiv Oblast in northern Ukraine. Located on the Oster River, it is the administrative center of the Kozeletsky Raion.

The current estimated population is 8,900 (as of 2005).

The city is famous for its Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. Of the several industries in Kozelets', is a flax-processing plant, a food industry, a mixed-feed industry, and a veterinary technikum.

History

Koselet's was first mentioned in 1098 as a fortified town in the Kievan Rus'. In 1656 the town was granted the Magdeburg Law. Kozelets was a company town in the Pereiaslav regiment from 1648–1667, and a company town in the Kyiv regiment from 1667–1782. In 1708, the town became the administrative center of the Pereiaslav regiment. It was a county town in the Kiev vicegerency in 1782–1797, Little Russia gubernia in 1797–1802 and Chernigov guberniya in 1802–1917.

Attractions

The iconostas of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Cathedral

Notable monuments of Kozelets include:

the cathedral, dedicated to the Nativity of the Theotokos, presumed to have been designed by Andrei Kvasov and constructed in the late Ukrainian Baroque style under supervision of Ivan Hryhorovych-Barskyi in 1752–1763;
the church of St Michael the Archangel (1784);
the Ascension church (1864-66);
the regimental chancellery building, today functioning as the town hall, designed and built by Kvasov and Hryhorovych-Barsky in 1756–1760;
Darahan's mansion.

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	Subdivisions of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

	Raions:	Bakhmatsky Raion \| Bobrovytsky Raion \| Borzniansky Raion \| Chernihiv City \| Chernihivsky Raion \| Horodniansky Raion \| Ichniansky Raion \| Koriukivsky Raion \| Koropsky Raion \| Kozeletsky Raion \| Kulykivsky Raion \| Mensky Raion \| Nizhyn City \| Nizhynsky Raion \| Nosivsky Raion \| Novhorod-Siversky Raion \| Pryluky City \| Prylutsky Raion \| Ripkynsky Raion \| Semenivsky Raion \| Shchorsky Raion \| Sosnytsky Raion \| Sribniansky Raion \| Talalayivsky Raion \| Varvynsky Raion
	Cities:	Bakhmach \| Bobrovytsia \| Borzna \| Chernihiv \| Horodnia \| Ichnia \| Koriukivka \| Kozelets \| Mena \| Nizhyn \| Nosivka \| Novhorod-Siversky \| Oster \| Pryluky \| Shchors \| Semenivka
	Towns:	Korop \| Kulykivka \| Ripky \| Sosnytsia \| Sribne \| Talalayivka \| Varva

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