Fastiv

Fastiv is a city in Kyiv Oblast in central Ukraine, known on older maps as Khvastiv. It serves as the administrative centre of Fastiv Raion, although it does not administratively belong to that district, and it hosts the administration of the Fastiv urban hromada. Its population is approximately 44,014 according to a 2022 estimate. The city lies at a junction of railway lines and is an important node on the rail route from central Europe to Russia and Asia, and most inhabitants work for the railway company Ukrzaliznytsia. The name Fastiv is first mentioned in old Rus chronicles in 1390, although the foundation date of the city is not known. On 1 December 1918 delegations of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic signed a preliminary treaty of alliance at its railway station.