Other Administrations
There are also some former military installation settlements (viiskove mistechko). Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the secrecy of such settlements has been unveiled, however, the towns are subordinated directly to the Ministry of Defense and do not have their own civil administrations. Such military installations are like ghost towns that are not even identified on a map. One of them, on the border of the Kiev and Zhytomyr Oblasts is Makarov-1. There is also a special territory under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Emergencies. It is the territory which suffered the most from the Chernobyl disaster, known as the Zone of alienation. Some restricted territories belong to the Ministry of Ecology (former Nature Environment) and are considered nature sanctuaries (preserves).
Currently there are three enclaves. The city of Slavutych is administratively subordinated directly to Kiev Oblast, while being completely surrounded by neighboring Belarus and Chernihiv Oblast. Another enclave is the settlement of Bile which is located on Snake Island and is fully surrounded by the Black Sea. Bile was established in 2007 and is part of Vylkove, Odessa Oblast. Also the town of Kotsiubynske (Irpin municipality), which is part of the Kiev Oblast, is completely surrounded by the city of Kiev.
Other descriptive names for types of local settlements that are no longer used include khutir, and workers' settlement.
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