Oster

Oster
Остер
Saint Michael's Church
Oster
Oster
Coordinates: 50°56′55″N 30°52′52″E / 50.94861°N 30.88111°E / 50.94861; 30.88111
Country Ukraine
OblastChernihiv Oblast
RaionChernihiv Raion
HromadaOster urban hromada
First mentioned1098
Magdeburg rights1662
Area
  Total
76 km2 (29 sq mi)
Elevation
111 m (364 ft)
Population
 (2022)
  Total
5,564

Oster (Ukrainian: Остер, IPA: [osˈtɛr]; Russian: Остёр, romanized: Ostyor) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 5,564 (2022 estimate).

Today Oster is a river port with a cotton-textile factory and a food industry. Some parts of the old fortress in Oster have been preserved, as have the remains of the Saint Michael's Church, constructed in 1098 and the only preserved church of the medieval principality of Pereiaslav.