{{short description|City in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Koziatyn | native_name = Козятин | native_name_lang = uk | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Залізничний вокзал P1740495 Козятин.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Rail terminal in Koziatyn | image_flag = Flag of Koziatyn.svg | image_shield = Герб Козятина.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Vinnytsia Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Khmilnyk Raion | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1870 | established_title1 = | established_date1 = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 20.1 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_note = | population_total = 22241 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = 307 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 22100-22108 | area_code = +380-4342 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | website = http://komr.gov.ua/ | footnotes = | coordinates = {{coord|49|43|0|N|28|50|0|E}} | pushpin_map = Ukraine Vinnytsia Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Koziatyn urban hromada }} '''Koziatyn''' (also referred to as '''Kozyatyn'''; {{langx|uk|Козятин}}, {{IPA|uk|koˈzʲɑtɪn|ipa|audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Козятин.wav}}; {{langx|pl|Koziatyn}}; {{langx|ru|Казатин}}) is a city in the Vinnytsia Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It served as the administrative center of the Koziatyn Raion (district); the city itself was not a part of the district and was separately incorporated as the city of regional significance until 2020, when it was incorporated into Vinnytsia Raion. It is located {{convert|75|km|mi|0|abbr=out}} from the oblast capital, Vinnytsia (approximately {{convert|150|km|0|abbr=on}} from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine). It became part of the Khmilnyk Raion in 2020. It lies on the banks of the Huiva River. The population is {{Ua-pop-est2022|22,241}}.

==History== {{Quote box |width=25em |align=left |bgcolor=#ff9999 |title=Historical affiliations |fontsize=85% |quote=<poem>{{flagicon image|Royal Banner of Stanisław II of Poland.svg}} Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1734–1793 {{flag|Russian Empire}} 1793–1917 {{flag|Ukrainian People's Republic}} and Ukrainian State 1917-1920 {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1929).svg}} Soviet Ukraine 1920–1922 {{flag|Soviet Union}} 1922–1991 {{flag|Ukraine}} 1991–present</poem> }} The village of Koziatyn was first mentioned in 1734. The city was founded during the construction of the Kyiv-Balta railway. Koziatyn became a town of the Berdychiv district of Kyiv Governorate on July 7, 1874. In April 1920, during the Polish-Bolshevik War, the town was captured by Polish forces in what became known as the Raid on Koziatyn. In 1923, Koziatyn became the district center of Berdychiv okrug. A few years later, the district was included in the Vinnitsa Oblast. During World War II, Koziatyn was under German occupation from 15 July 1941 until 28 December 1943.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.soldat.ru/spravka/freedom/1-ssr-3.html | title=Освобождение городов }}</ref> It was administered as a part of Reichskommissariat Ukraine from 1 September 1941 until 28 December 1943.

In 1992, the UOC-KP community was formed in the city. In July 2000, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to include Koziatyn in the category of cities of regional subordination.

==Demographics== As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, the city had a population of 27,155. The ethnic composition was as follows: {{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Koziatyn|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|93.39}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|4.34}} {{bar percent|Poles|yellow|0.97}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.28}} {{bar percent|Jews|black|0.22}} {{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.11}} {{bar percent|Azerbaijanis|green|0.07}} {{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.07}} {{bar percent|Tatars|olive|0.06}}}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}</ref>

==Economy== thumb|left|Railway office in Koziatyn There are 13 railways intersecting at the town, and the railroad industry accounts for 90% of town's budget income.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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==Twin towns – sister cities== Koziatyn is twinned with:

* {{flagicon|POL}} Leżajsk, Poland * {{flagicon|ITA}} Bolzano, Italy

== Gallery== <gallery class="center"> File:Koziatyn Railway Station P1460705.jpg|Koziatyn railway station, main entrance File:Kazatin Station1.jpg|View from platform File:Козятин (вокзал) 04.jpg|Koziatyn Railway station (after rebuilding in 2011-2012) File:Kaz build.jpg|House in downtown File:Козятин - Пам'ятник трудової слави залізничників DSCF1607.JPG|Locomotive L-2309 (Lebedianskoho) </gallery>

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==External links== {{Wiktionary}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050225121314/http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/cityseek/list/display?recID=42614 sister-cities.org] *[http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=735 The murder of the Jews of Koziatyn] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. {{Khmilnyk Raion}}{{Vinnytsia Oblast}} {{Authority control}}

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