Korosten: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ukraine
• Region: Zhytomyr Oblast
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 61,496
• Coordinates: 50.9512° N, 28.6386° E
• Time zone: Europe/Kyiv (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Hryvnia (UAH)
• Distance to the capital, Kyiv: 144 km (89 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Rivne International Airport (RWN): 180 km (112 mi), straight line
• Gomel Airport (GME, Belarus): 240 km (149 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Ushomyr: 15 km (10 mi)
• Luhyny: 22 km (14 mi)
• Irshansk: 23 km (14 mi)
• Horshchyk: 24 km (15 mi)
• Chopovychi: 26 km (16 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bohuniya, 75 km (47 mi)