Stepan

Rural locality in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

For the Slavic given name, see Stepan (given name). For the surname, see Stepan (surname). For the company, see Stepan Company.

Rural settlement in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine

Stepan

Степань

Rural settlement

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Coordinates: 51°07′42″N 26°18′15″E﻿ / ﻿51.12833°N 26.30417°E﻿ / 51.12833; 26.30417
Country|  Ukraine
Oblast| Rivne Oblast
Raion| Sarny Raion
Hromada| Stepan settlement hromada
Founded| 1861
Town status| 1980
Government

• Town Head| Volodymyr Sydorchuk
Area

• Total

| 3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Elevation

[1]

| 164 m (538 ft)
Population

(2001)

• Total

| 4,073
• Density| 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

34560

Area code| +380 3655
Website| http://rada.gov.ua/

Stepan (Ukrainian: Степань; Polish: Stepań; Hebrew: סטפאן) is a rural settlement in Sarny Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population was 4,073 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 4,062 (2022 estimate)[3]

The settlement is located in the historic Volhynia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the Horyn, a tributary of the Prypiat.[4]

## History

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The first written mention of Stepan dates back to 1290.[2] In 1900, the Jewish population of Stepan totaled 1,854.[5] During the World War II occupation of Ukraine, the Nazi German occupying forces established a Jewish ghetto, where nearly 3000 Jews were killed.[4] In 1960, Stepan acquired the status of an urban-type settlement.[2] On 26 January 2024, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Stepan became a rural settlement.[6]

## People from Stepan

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* Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799–1857), socialist Polish revolutionary[7]

## See also

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* Klesiv, the other former urban-type settlement in Sarny Raion of Rivne Oblast

## References

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1. ^ "Stepan (Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. ^ a b c "Stepan, Rivne Oblast, Sarny Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ a b "Stepan". Castles and Churches of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 February 2012.
5. ^ "Stepan, Ukraine". JewishGen. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
6. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
7. ^ "Stanisław Gabriel Worcell (1799–1857)". Kalendarz Historyczny (in Polish). Retrieved 9 February 2012.

## External links

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* Media related to Category:Stepań at Wikimedia Commons

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