Lozova
Lozova (Ukrainian: Лозова́, IPA: [ɫozoˈʋɑ]) or Lozovaya (Russian: Лозова́я) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Lozova Raion. Lozova hosts the administration of Lozova urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 53,126 (2022 estimate).[3]
Lozova
Лозова Лозовая | |
|---|---|
 Lozova Railway Station | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Lozova  Lozova | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′N 36°23′E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion |  Lozova Raion |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serhiy Zelensky[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 181 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 53,126 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 61135—61166 |
| Area code | +38 05745 |
| Website | lozovarada |
Lozova is the 2nd largest city in Kharkiv Oblast after Kharkiv in terms of population.
History
Lozova was founded in the late 1860s[4] as a settlement in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.[5][6]
During the Russian Civil War, it was occupied by German troops from April 1918 until November 1918.[4]
A local newspaper has been published in Lozova since August 1929.[7]
During World War II, it was under German occupation from 11 October 1941 to 16 September 1943.[4]
After its liberation, the city was completely restored. In 1953, there were four high schools, two libraries, one House of Culture, and one stadium.[8]
In 1972, the population was 38,800 people.[5]
In January 1989, the population was 72,991 people.[9][4]
The city was evacuated on 27 August 2008 due to a fire in an arsenal. However, there were no serious casualties or deaths.
In January 2013, the population was 58,307 people.[10]
Until 18 July 2020, Lozova was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of the Lozova Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Lozova Municipality was merged into Lozova Raion.[11][12]
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia started an invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Lozova has come under attack several times since the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine as it is one of the main railway hubs and a city of strategic significance.
- On 24 February 2022 at 5:52 am, a radar station located in the south of the city near Avilovka raion was hit by three Russian missiles which saw the devastation of the radar station and a gas transit station nearby.
- On 20 May 2022, a Russian missile system fired three rockets, according to Ukrainian sources; two of them were anticipated by the Ukrainian anti-rocket system but the third one hit the city's Cultural Centre.[13][14] According to the ministry of emergency affairs of Ukraine, 11 people were injured but no one died (however, an 11-year-old girl was among those severely injured). Russian authorities made no comment but on some unofficial Twitter handles of pro-Russian forces, it was claimed that the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Brigade was hiding in the Cultural House building.
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Lozova (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42.5 (1.67) |
36.5 (1.44) |
37.6 (1.48) |
36.1 (1.42) |
48.4 (1.91) |
70.1 (2.76) |
53.1 (2.09) |
49.7 (1.96) |
48.3 (1.90) |
43.3 (1.70) |
44.0 (1.73) |
42.5 (1.67) |
552.1 (21.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 86.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87.5 | 84.3 | 78.7 | 65.3 | 59.7 | 64.8 | 64.2 | 61.5 | 68.4 | 76.5 | 85.9 | 88.2 | 73.8 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[15] | |||||||||||||
Transport
Lozova is a main rail hub[8][5][4][6] within the Kharkiv Oblast.
Notable people
- Leonid Skirko, Canadian bass-baritone opera singer of Ukrainian origin
- Anatol Rapoport, Jewish American mathematical psychologist[16]
- Oleksandr Hladkyi, Ukrainian football player
- Vitaliy Zotov, Ukrainian basketball player
References
- "Український тиждень, Тиждень.ua". Archived from the original on 2021-10-09.
- "Лозовская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- Лозовая // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.724
- Лозовая // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 14. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973.
- Лозовая // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 17. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2011. стр.756
- № 3158. Советское слово // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.413
- Лозовая // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 25. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1954. стр.359
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.96
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
- "Ракетный удар России по Лозовой – тылу в Харьковской области: есть раненые". 20 May 2022.
- Roscoe, Matthew (2022-05-20). "BREAKING: Huge Russian missile strike destroys historical building in Lozova, Kharkiv". euroweeklynews.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981–2010". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- Rapoport, Anatol. Conceptions of World Order: Building Peace in the Third Millennium (PDF). Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
External links
- Official website
- InfoPort — Information-entertaining portal of Lozova