Obukhiv

The settlement of Obukhiv, originally known as Lukavytsia was first mentioned in historical documents in 1362. ==Geography==

Obukhiv has a dry sub-humid (0.5 - 0.65 p/pet) climate. The land area is not cultivated, but most of the natural vegetation remains intact. The landscape is mainly covered with mosaic vegetation/croplands. The climate is classified as humid continental (humid with severe winter, no dry season with a cool temperate moist forest bio-zone. The soil in the area is high in chernozems, phaeozems, greyzems (ch), dark colored, deep soils in organic matter, calcareous lower in profile, also typical of grass steppe/prairie. Climate July is the warmest with an average temperature of 24.8 °C at noon. January is coldest with an average temperature of -8.3 °C at night. Obukhiv has distinct cold and warm seasons, like cold winters and warm summers. The temperatures at night are cooler than during the daytime. Winter has prolonged freezing periods, with the coldest month most often being December. July is on average the month with the most sunshine. Rainfall and other precipitation have no distinct peak month. ==Culture==

September 15 is the Day of Obukhiv. ==Government==

Oleksandr Levchenko was elected mayor in March 2012 (with 38.6% of the total vote); thanks to a low voter turnout of 43% with only 4,500. In the 2010 local elections Levchenko's Party of Regions also won most seats in the 46 seats city council (18 with 39,1%), followed by UDAR of Vitaliy Klychko (11 with 23,9%). Levchenko was reelected as mayor in the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections with 51.5% of the votes as a candidate of the Servant of the People.) ==Transportation==

Major Roads Airports No major airports are close to the city. ==International relations==

Twin towns – Sister cities Obukhiv is twinned with: • Radebeul, Saxony Germany ==Notable people==

• Andriy Malyshko (1912–1970), Ukrainian poet • Andriy Mostovyi, the Midfield of the club Desna Chernihiv playing in Ukrainian Premier League. ==Gallery==

File:Obukhiv 1.jpg|One of the city streets File:Obukhiv 5.jpg|One of the city streets File:Obukhiv 6.jpg|City Park File:Обухов 3.jpg|Holodomor monument File:Обухов 2.jpg|Old mill at the Holodomor monument File:MalyshkoMonumentObukhiv.jpg|Monument to poet Andriy Malyshko ==References==