Kozyn

Kozyn (Ukrainian: Козин) is an urban-type settlement in Obukhiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 3,392(2020 est.)[1] .

Kozyn

Козин
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Kozyn
Coordinates: 50°13′N 30°39′E
CountryUkraine
Oblast Kyiv Oblast
RaionObukhiv Raion
Founded1000
Population
 (2001)
  Total3,300
Postal code
08711—08712
Area code(s)+380 4472
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20070922032227/http://www.kozin.com.ua/

Kozyn is situated on the rivers Dnieper and Kozynka, 25 km. to the south of Kyiv.

In Red Cavalry, Isaac Babel includes a one-page description of the Jewish cemetery in Kozyn. 'A cemetery in a Jewish shtetl. Assyria and the mysterious decay of the East on the weed-cluttered fields of Volyn.'[2]

References

  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel, translated by Boris Dralyuk (London: Pushkin Press, 2014).


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