Title: Korosten City Status: The city of regional subordination. Administrative center Korosten district. Location: Located 87 km. north of Zhytomyr. Population: 68,000 thousand people Area: 33.85 square meters. km. Waterways: River Uzh Date of foundation: 8 c. Historical note: The city was founded in the 8 th century. Mentioned in the Tale of Bygone Years, as the capital of the Slavic tribe drevlyan. In the annals found under the name "Iskorosten". In 1240 Korosten was destroyed by the Mongols. In 1370 captured the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later passed into the Polish government. In 1589 the city acquired the rights. Between 1649 and 1667 was part of a Cossack state of Bogdan Khmelnitskyi, but then again fell under Polish rule. In 1795 joined the Russian Empire, but was insignificant provincial town. That changed after 1902 when the city was built by the railroad, and he was renamed in 1917 in Korosten. In 1986 the population of Korosten greatly affected by the Chernobyl disaster. Until the end of 1980 the population of the Korosten were Jews, but most of them emigrated in the early 1990's. Sights: Military-Historical Complex "Rock", Baths Princess Olga.