| LC control no. | n 2001096573 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Oster (Ukraine) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ukraine--Oster |
| Variant(s) | Ostez (Ukraine) Ostor (Ukraine) Ostjor (Ukraine) Остер (Ukraine) |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Oster : bibliohrafichnyĭ pokazhchyk, 1998: (Oster was first mentioned in the Ipativ Chronicle of 1098 Atlas avtomobilʹnykh shli︠a︡khiv Ukraïny, 1997, p. 29: (Остер = Oster, on the Oster River) Shtetlseeker: (Oster; 50°57ʹN, 30°53ʹ; variants: Ostez, Ostor, Ostjor; located 39.1 miles NNE of Kiev) World wide directory of cities and towns: (Ostjor, Ukraine. 50°57ʹN, 30°52ʹ60ı E.) GEOnet, 04-24-01: (Oster, ppl.; 50°57ʹN, 30°53ʹE: variant: Ostjor) Encykl. Powszechna: v. 11, p. 168 (Oster, a town on the Desna River in Czernihowska gubernja) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 3, p. 730 (Oster, a town on the Desna River in Kozelets raion. Chernihiv oblast was first mentioned in the chronicles under the year 1098 as a fortress belonging to the Pereiaslav Principality. It was built by Volodymyr Monomakh and called Horodets. In 1240 it was destroyed by the Tatars and remained in ruins for a century. In 1569 Oster was transferred from Lithuanian to Polish rule. In 1648 it became a company center of Pereiaslav regiment, and in 1662 it was granted the Magdeburg law. In 1803 it became a county center of Chernihiv gubernia) Ukraïna, 1992: (Остер = Oster, in Chernihivsʹka oblastʹ) |
| Geographic area code | e-un--- |
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