Place:Fastiv, Fastiv, Kiev, Ukraine

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NameFastiv
Alt namesFastovsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Фастівsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates50.133°N 29.983°E
Located inFastiv, Kiev, Ukraine
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Fastiv is a city in the Kyiv Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. On older maps it is depicted as Chvastiv. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of the Fastiv Raion (district), to which it does not administratively belong. Its population is approximately .

Lying on conjunction of railway lines, Fastiv is an important node station on the rail route from central Europe to Russia and Asia. On 1 December 1918 at the Fastiv train station delegations of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic signed the Unification Act uniting territories of Ukraine that were split between Austrian and Russian empires.

Beside transportation industry, Brewing and machinery industry are also present, although the majority of inhabitants are employed by Ukrzaliznytsia's 12 railway installations in the city.

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