THEMATIC ATLAS "SETTLEMENT NETWORK OF UKRAINE (FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT)"

TEMATICKÝ ATLAS "SIEŤ OSÍDLENIA UKRAJINY (VZNIK A ROZVOJ)"

Abstract

The settlement network of Ukraine is a set of settlements of various types located in the geographical space of the state. It has a long history of development. The first cities on the modern territory of Ukraine were founded in the northern Black Sea region and the coast of Crimea by the ancient Greeks and Romans in the VI - IV centuries BC. There are still about 20 cities that were founded before the emergence of the first state on the Ukrainian lands - Kyivan Rus: Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv. About 80 more cities were founded during the period of Kyivan Rus (10th - 13th centuries).

According to the latest population census (2001), there were 29,795 settlements in Ukraine: 454 cities, 839 urban-type settlements, and 28,452 rural settlements Statistical annual records of settlements showed significant changes in their number.

The collective four-year work of the cartographers of the Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine made it possible to show for the first time the peculiarities of the formation and development of the settlement network over 125 years, which is important and useful for specialists of planning institutions, educators, and all citizens.

The Atlas contains 32 maps that visualize information on regional and local population distribution, geography of settlements, their number, density, population, development dynamics and history. The Atlas maps are available in 1:4,000,000 and 1:5,000,000 scales. The maps were developed based on the data of population censuses on the Ukrainian lands from 1897 to 2001 and further statistical observations.

The structure of the Atlas and the content of the maps are based on the Institute's own research and publications of research results of specialized institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

STRUCTURE OF THE ATLAS

Urban population and urban settlement network

1. Ukraine. Population of regions (2022).

2. Changes in population density and size (1897-2022).

3. Urban population.

4. Potential of regions in terms of urban population.

5. The network of settlements (2001).

6. Formation of the urban network.

7. Structure of the modern urban network (by historical and genetic types of cities).

8. Structure of urban settlements.

9-17. Changes in the population of urban settlements (1897-1926; 1926-1939; 1939-1959; 1959-1970; 1970-1979; 1979-1989; 1989-2001; 2001-2021; 1897-2021).

18. Urban settlements within the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) until 24.02.2022.

Rural population and rural settlement network

19-21. Change in the number of rural population (1959-1970; 1970-1989; 1970-2022). Density of rural settlements (1970, 1989, 2022).

22-26. Regional potential in terms of rural population (1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2022).

27-28. Change in the number of rural population in the regions (2022 to 1959) (2001-2022).

29-30. Rural population density in communities (2001, 2022).

31. Rural settlements excluded from the state accounting.

32. Prospective changes in the status of settlements in Ukraine in 2023.

The Atlas was prepared by the Cartography Department of the Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine under the editorship of prof. Rudenko L.G. and published in 2024.