Vasylkiv

Vasylkiv (Ukrainian: Василькiв, translit. Vasyl’kiv, Russian: Васильков; also referred to as Vasylkov) is a city located on the Stuhna River in the Kiev Oblast (province) in central Ukraine; administrative center of the Vasylkivskyi Raion (district). A location with an over 1000 years history, it was incorporated as a city in 1796. The city hosts the Vasylkiv air base since the Cold War. Population 40,800 (census 1991).