Vilniansk


Vilniansk is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine and the administrative center of Vilniansk urban hromada. Population:
It was the administrative center of Vilniansk Raion until 2020, when the raion was abolished in accordance with administrative reforms and its area merged into Zaporizhzhia Raion.

History

The town was founded in 1840 as the village of "Sofiyevka" by the Meshchersky and Kostrikov families of Russian district nobles.
In 1935, the village was renamed into the town Krasnoarmeyskoe. In 1944 it was renamed into the town Chervonoarmeyskoe.
In 1966, the village became the town of Volnyansk. In 1969, the population was 11,800 people. A cutlery factory, a plastics factory, and a butter factory operated here.
In January 1989 the population was 17,566 people, or 8,114 men and 9,452 women. The largest enterprises at that time were the tool factory and the plastic products factory.

Demographics

As of August 2024, the population was approximately 16,000 people.
Ukrainian language is the main and only official language of the city.
As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Vilniansk had a population of 16,456 inhabitants. The ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:

Economy

  • Volnyansk Machine-Building Plant named after Shevchenko
  • Sribna Polyana
  • Ritm LLC
  • Volnyansk Grain Factory LLC
  • Volnyansk Butter Plant OJSC
  • Agroinvest 08 LLC
  • Alternative Solar Batteries LLC
  • Agrotechservice CJSC
  • Pozhtekhnika LLC
  • Ukrtelecom JSC
  • Mulino LLC
  • Volnyansk Poultry Farm
  • Delivery
  • Nova Poshta

Transportation

Religion

Notable people