Koriukivka

Koriukivka (Ukrainian: Корюківка, pronounced [koˈrʲukiu̯kɐ]) is a small city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

[2] During the reign of the Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657, who was in search of free land for the nobility class and the settlers from the Right-Bank of Ukraine.

A search headed by the Cossack Omelyan Karuka found the eventual site and deemed it fit for a small settlement due to the thick protection of the surrounding forests.

Many investors find Koriukivka an attractive site due to the presence of large tracts of forests, silica sand, clay and peat.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the foreign entrepreneur Karl Rauch founded a distillery and sugar factory.

The city is also located at the intersection of highways of regional and local importance, in which there are bus connections to Chernhiv and neighboring district centers Snovsk, Mena, and Semenivka, and to other nearby places.

The city planning structure is complicated with what is locally called a "multibeam-form" with similar districts spread around the various connecting roads.

The city has a central district hospital with 220 beds, a pharmacy, two cultural centers with 800 seats, two libraries, a historical museum, and the "Avangard" stadium.

Coat of arms of Koriukivka Raion
Coat of arms of Koriukivka Raion