| Mode |
Comments |
| Air |
Lutsk can be reached by internal flights from Kiev and other cities within Ukraine. |
| Road |
Lutsk is reached by main roads in its section of Ukraine. See distance table below. These distances are based on main roads wherever possible. For distances to other cities in Ukraine, compute the distances through Kiev. |
| Train |
Lutsk can be reached by train from Kiev, Lviv, Rivne and other cities. |
Road distances from Lutsk to:
| City |
Oblast |
Kilometers |
Miles |
| Chernivtsi |
Chernivtsi |
335 |
208 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk |
Ivano-Frankivsk |
356 |
221 |
| Khmelnytsky |
Khmelnytsky |
297 |
184 |
| Kiev |
Kiev |
398 |
247 |
| Lviv |
Lviv |
144 |
90 |
| Odessa |
Odessa |
887 |
550 |
| Rivne |
Rivne |
70 |
43 |
| Ternopil |
Ternopil |
162 |
100 |
| Uzhgorod |
Zakarpattya |
400 |
248 |
| Vinnytsya |
Vinnytsya |
392 |
243 |
| Zhitomir (Zhytomyr) |
Zhitomir |
244 |
152 |
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Geographic Information
Territory 20,200 sq. km
Population 1,072,000
The Volyn region was created on December 4, 1939. It is situated in the northwestern part of Ukrainian Polissia. It borders on Poland in the west (the frontier length 135 km), on Republic of Belarus in the north ( the frontier length 195 km), on the Rivne region in the east and Lviv region in the south.
The region has a favorable geographical position; it is in the crossing of European trade roads. The roads between Kyiv, Warsaw and Berlin, the Baltic and Black Seas run through Volyn.
The region territory makes 3.3% of the territory of Ukraine. It stretches for 187 km from the north to the south, and 163 km from the east to the west.
The region population makes 2.1% of the population of Ukraine, 52% falls on the urban population and 48% on the rural one.
The Volyn region incorporates 4 cities of regional subordination, 7 towns of district subordination, 22 town settlements, 1050 rural settlements (villages), 16 districts and 378 rural councils.
Mineral raw material potential of the region is characterized by availability of coal, turf, chalk, brick tile clay, building sand in its bowels, their excavation being traditional. The natural gas field has been revealed in the recent years in the territory of the Lokachi district, which development could completely meet the population requirements and regional industry for the next 10 years. There are also a number of deposits of native copper in the Ratniv district, a tender for the investment attraction being opened with the purpose of exploration and further industrial development.
The northern part of the region is the zone of distribution of yellow and granular phosphorites which may be used as non standard potassium phosphate limestone fertilizers.
The region possesses the reserves of sapropel (above 61,000,000 tons) which is used as a fertilizer. Some kinds of sapropel may be also used in veterinary, for feeding cattle and in medicine.
There are about 9 deposits of carbonate raw materials with reserves of 29,000,000 tons. Natural conditions permit conducting works on their excavation with rather low material and technical expenditures and minimum harm for the environment. They also produce lime and carbide.
A deposit of basalt on the frontier with the Rivne region has been explored.
The Volyn region is the land of wonderful unique nature. There are 220 lakes, the Svityaz' lake being the largest one in Ukraine. There are also 130 rivers and 32% of the territory are covered with forests. The region numbers 380 reserve objects. The Shatsk national natural park of 32,500 ha works from the end of 1983.
The lakes, rivers, forests, medicinal muds, mineral waters, hunting, fishing, all these create necessary conditions for the development of tourism industry, full value rest and recreation of the population.back to top
Agriculture
Agriculture of the region is specialized in meat and milk cattle breeding, as
well as in production of grain, sugar beet, potato. The Volynian meat breed of
cows has been selected in the production selection center of meat cattle growing
"Zaria" (Kovel district). A new variety of winter rye "Pallada" with potential yield of 55-60 c/ha has been selected as well.
Agriculture is the second, as to its weight, branch of the region economy. Collective enterprises (431) and private farms (556) cultivate 1,065,900 ha and 9,200 ha of lands, respectively, including 687 100 ha and 8,300 ha of arable land. Besides, individuals possess 140,900 ha of arable land.
The specific weight of cattle breeding is 52%, plant growing 48% of the total amount of production. The public sector makes 32% of production, individuals and private farms 68%.
The gross yield of grain, including the private sector, made 635,500 tons in 1997 or by 93 400 tons more than in 1996, 20.4 c of grain from one hectare (17.1 c in 1996) being threshed out.
The yield of sugar beet was 176 c/ha against 203 c/ha in 1996.
The yield of potato in all categories of farms was 797,100 tons, including that in the private sector- 766,900 tons or 95% of the total amount.
In 1997 - 72 100 tons of cattle and poultry meat were produced in the region as well as 592 000 tons of milk and 153 300,000 eggs which, respectively, makes up 85.91 and 89% of the level of 1996.back to top
Industry
Machine building, light, food and wood working industries, that of building materials are the leading branches of the region industry, they make 85% of the total amount of industrial production. The industry development peculiarity is that the great number of large enterprises of machine building, light and chemical industry were created to meet the requirements of the former USSR as a whole, and only 25-30% of their product are needed for Ukraine. The region plants produce rolling bearings, coal, meters for controlling temperature and technological processes, water meters, machines for cattle breeding and fodder production, cars, electric equipment, goods of plastic materials, footwear.
Industrial enterprises are mainly distributed in the cities of Volodymyr- Volynsky, Kovel, Lutsk, Novovolynsk and in Gorokhiv, Kivertsi, Kovel, Manevychi, Rozhishche districts.
The region industry counts 227 enterprises, representing almost all leading branches and uniting 62,000 employees.
In 1997 the industry output made 465,000,000 hrn that is below 1% of its total volume in Ukraine. At the same time the enterprises of Volyn produce 45% of the total volume of soft roof materials, 10% of car boards, 18% of bearings, 3.7% of butter, 3.8% of granulated sugar, 4.4% of meat, etc.
The machine building is specialized in producing agricultural machines, bearings, electromechanical, automobile industry, instrument engineering.
A whole number of unique machine building enterprises making high quality production, are situated in the region. They are: OSC "Lutsky Bearding Plant", Lutsk OSC "Electrothermometry" (produces temperature meters, water meters, gas pressure regulators), Novovolynsk OSC "Osnastka" (special technological equipment having no analogues in Ukraine and CIS countries), OSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant", etc.
The light industry, incorporating 28 enterprises (practically every fifth one) possesses essential production potential.
Such stock companies as Lutsk silk factory "Voltex", "Synthetics" (synthetic leather and non woven fabrics), "Lutsk Footwear Factory". Unfortunately the further operation of Novovolynsk OSC "Notex", specialised in production of wool yarn and of flax plants, is problematic because of the limited sales of the wool yarn in Ukraine and lack of new materials for utilization of 10 flax plants in the region.
The Lutsk integrated works producing cardboard and prepared roofing paper which has begun producing the import substituting cover cardboard is a leader in the industry of building materials. But to complete works on creation of its output of 10,000 tons/year the enterprise needs certain investments.
Food and processing industry makes above 50% in the volume of the region industrial production and essentially influences the work of industry as a whole. The food products are made by 77 enterprises, or 34% of their total quantity.
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Foreign Economic Relations
The region has certain experience in the international economic cooperation. Economic relations have been established with above 50 countries of the world. The foreign trade turnover of the region is constantly increasing and has achieved $195,600,000 in 1997. The high liquid products of agroindustrial complex prevail among the exported commodities. These are as follows: cereals, sugar, meals, meat and meat products, milk products, casein, mixed fodder, raw hide, confectioneries. Besides, the region exports bearings, low voltage equipment, meters, machines and equipment for cattle breeding, building materials, textile products, etc.
Petroleum products, technological equipment, sets and spare parts for transport means, products of organic and inorganic chemistry, textile and non woven fabrics and goods manufactured of them compose the largest share in the import operations.
The frontier cooperation is developed. Transfrontier association "Euroregion "Bug" has been created which shall favour the extension of contacts among the dwellers of the bordering territories, the development of cooperation between organizations and establishment as well as the business subjects in Volyn and Republic of Poland.
To increase the production potential, economy integration into general European economy the region carries out active work on the construction of a powerful transport storage center "Interport Kovel", a special economic zone being created on its basis.
The measures taken on the development of the state frontier of Ukraine, the construction and reconstruction of roads, development of road service are reliable preconditions for its functioning.
The attraction of foreign investments for increasing production potentials on the output of modern competitive production favors the improvement of the structure of foreign economic relations.
Almost 20 industrial enterprises which may be attractive for foreign investments are available in the region. These are, in particular, OSC "Kovelsilmash", "Lutsk Automobile Plant", "Syntetyka", "Electrotermometria", enterprises of woodworking industry, etc. A number of enterprises have developed the investment projects (in accordance with international requirements) which have undergone the examination at international financial organizations. Financial material resources of $ 15,300,000 from 11 countries of Europe, Asia, America have arrived to the industrial enterprises, private sector and banks during the year. The total sum of foreign investments for the beginning of 1998 reached $26,100,000. back to top
