Title: City Olevsk Status: The administrative center Olevsk area. Location: Located 180 km. in the north-west of Zhytomyr. Population: 17,000 thousand people Area: 10 square meters. km. Waterways: River Ubort Date of foundation: 977 years Historical note: Prince Oleg Sviatoslavovych died in 977, and during this period in the annals mention Olegsk, and therefore the base Olevsk associated with this date. After the Union of Liublin in 1569 Olevsk in the Right-Bank Ukraine falls under the rule of Poland. For a long time they owned the Nemyrych who ruthlessly exploited the peasants. Given that in Olevsk dominated the Polish gentry, it imposed Catholicism. In 1793, in the Right-Bank Ukraine was annexed to Rosiiskoi Empire. In 1796 Olevsk became the center of the municipality Ovruch district of Volyn province. Particularly rapidly began to develop a settlement after 1903, when he was laid railway track Kiev-Kovel. In the Soviet period in the city operated plants producing electrical porcelain, tractor parts, wood processing industries. Sightseeing: St. Nicolas Church.