Esman (Ukrainian: Есмань; Russian: Эсмань) is a rural settlement in Shostka Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Esman river, a right tributary of the Kleven, in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Esman hosts the administration of Esman settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 1,293 (2022 estimate).[2]
Esman
Есмань | |
|---|---|
  Esman Location in Sumy Oblast  Esman Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 51°46′06″N 34°02′58″E / 51.76833°N 34.04944°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Sumy Oblast |
| Raion | Shostka Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 1,293 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History edit
The settlement was called Chervone (lit. 'red') until 2016. On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Chervone to Esman according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Esman belonged to Hlukhiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Sumy Oblast to five. The area of Hlukhiv Raion was merged into Shostka Raion.[4][5]
Until 26 January 2024, Esman was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Esman became a rural settlement.[6]
Economy edit
Transportation edit
The settlement has access to Highway M02 which connects it with Kyiv and Chernihiv, and to the north, across the Russian border, with Oryol and Moscow.
Esman railway station is located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the settlement. It is a terminal station of a line from Khutir-Mykhailivskii, and there is no passenger traffic. Until the 1990s, it was a through station on a railroad connecting Orsha and Donetsk, but then the line south of Esman was demolished, since a short section of it was crossing Russia. The closest railway station with passenger traffic is Khutir-Mykhailivskii.
References edit
- ^ "Эсманская 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.
- ^ Скакун, Сергей (19 May 2016). "Верховна Рада переименовала 20 сел на Сумщине". Данкор онлайн (in Russian).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.