Malyn

Malyn (Ukrainian Малин; Russian and Polish Malin ) is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast in Ukraine on the river Irsha, about 71 kilometers northeast of the Oblasthauptstadt is located Zhytomyr.

The town was first mentioned in 981 in writing, the story was heavily influenced by the Polish nobility Jelce. Until 1793, the then Malin was under Polish rule and lay in the province of Kiev and then in 1797 came under Russian rule for government Kiev. After the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the industry began to develop in the place.

The national composition of the population of the city was influenced during this time by diversity. It lived alongside the numerically most Ukrainians still Polish, Jewish, German ( in Mali village, now Malyniwka northeast of the city) and Czechs in the village and the surrounding area. In the late nineteenth century there was in Malyn two carpenters, four forges, a steam mill, a brickyard, 1902 ( railway Sarny - Kyiv ) was north of the town the railway from Kovel to Kiev opened.

Today in the town exists a large paper mill ( Малинська паперова фабрика / Malynska paperowa fabryka ), 2003, the city was placed under Oblastverwaltung, but is still the capital of the Rajons Malyn.

Personalities

• Nikolai Nikolayevich Miklucho - Maklai, seemed in place