Kuznetsovsk is a city in Rivne Oblast

Rivne Oblast

Rivne Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The area of the region is 20,100 km²; its population is 1.2 million...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Population is 40,872 (2010). The mayor of Kuznetsovsk is S. Anoshchenko (2010-current).
The urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

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 was founded on 1973 as a company town

Company town

A company town is a town or city in which much or all real estate, buildings , utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its borders are owned by a single company...

 of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant

Rivne Nuclear Power Plant

The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Kuznetsovsk, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.It has four reactors: -External links:* *...

. The new town

New town

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 was named in honor of the Soviet secret agent Nikolai Kuznetsov

Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov

Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine during World War II. He used several pseudonyms during his intelligence operations: e.g...

. The plan of the city reflected the ideals of late socialist realism

Socialist realism

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. Part of the city occupies the site of the former village Varash, founded on 1776. Now it is one of districts in the city.

Education

There are 12 kindergartens, 6 secondary schools, high school, music school, college, and a branch of the Kiev Institute of Management in the city.

Architecture

As Kuznetsovsk is the relatively young city then it has a typical building for soviet period. The city grows and expands territory at nowdays.

Religion

There are few churches and a cathedral.
Architectural symbol of the city can be called the Svyato-Preobrazhenskiy Cathedral.

External links

• kuznetsovsk-rada.gov.ua - Kuznetsovsk City Council