Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv (Ukrainian Васильків, Russian Васильков / Vassilkov ) is a town in the Ukraine in the Kiev Oblast with about 39,700 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2004 ), about 30 kilometers southwest of Kiev. The city is on a river Stuhna ( Стугна ) and is the center of Rajons same name.
History
A settlement existed at the site of the city from time immemorial. A fortress was here 988 created on the orders of Vladimir the Great, to protect Kiev from the south. The fortress and the city were named after the Christian name of Vladimir Vassilev.
1796 Vasylkiv received city rights.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Iryna Sekatschowa (born 1976 ), athlete
Beresan | Bila Tserkva | Bohuslaw | Boyarka | Boryspil | Brovary | Bucha | Fastiw | Irpin | Jahotyn | Kaharlyk | Myroniwka | Obukhiv | Perejaslav Khmelnitsky | Pripyat | Rschyschtschiw | Skwyra | Slavutych | Taraschtscha | Tetijiw | Chernobyl | Ukrajinka | Usyn | Vasylkiv | Vyshhorod | Wyschnewe
Urban-type settlements Babynzi | Baryschiwka | Borowa | Borodjanka | Doslidnyzke | Dymer | Hlewacha | Hostomel | Hrebinky | Ivankiv | Kalynivka | Kalynivka | Kalyta | Klawdijewo - Tarassowe | Kodra | Koschanka | Kosyn | Kozjubynske | Krasjatyntschi | Makariw | Nemischajewe | Piskiwka | Rokytne | Shuriwka | Stawyschtsche | Teresyne | Chabany | Welyka Dymerka | Wolodarka | Worsel
Rajon Baryschiwka | Beresan | Rajon Bila Tserkva | Bila Tserkva | Rajon Bohuslaw | Rajon Boryspil | Boryspil | Rajon Borodjanka | Rajon Brovary | Brovary | Bucha | Rajon Fastiw | Fastiw | Irpin | Rajon Ivankiv | Rajon Jahotyn | Rajon Kaharlyk | Rajon Kiev Swjatoschyn | Rajon Makariw | Rajon Myroniwka | Rajon Obukhiv | Obukhiv | Rajon Perejaslav Khmelnitsky | Perejaslav Khmelnitsky | Rajon Poliske | Pripyat | Rajon Rokytne | Rschyschtschiw | Rajon Shuriwka | Rajon Skwyra | Slavutych | Rajon Stawyschtschne | Rajon Taraschtscha | Rajon Tetijiw | Rajon Vasylkiv | Vasylkiv | Rajon Vyshhorod | Rajon Wolodarka
- Place in the Kiev Oblast