Radovel (Ukrainian: Ра́довель) — is a village in Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Geography Radovel is situated about 20 km away from Olevsk (a district centre), 165 km away from Zhytomyr (a regional centre) and 205 km away from Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine). The territory of the village is about 3,810 square km. The village is located in the Polissia lowland, 192m above sea level. The climate is moderate continental with cold winters and warm summers. The Polissia region is made up of mixed forests. Fauna and flora is typical for the Ukrainian Polissia region. «The soils are turf podzolic, composed of sand and drained clay, glial drained and loose-buckthorn. The amount of humus is about 1,9». The Perga river is located about 2 km from the village. History The history of the village of Radovel has been preserved in essays, archival documents, eyewitness accounts, and books by the former teacher and headmaster of Radovel State Secondary School, a researcher in the history of her native land, Nina Veselska. Some of her works include The Corner of the Picturesque Polissya and Memory is Everpresently Alive: Essays from the History of the Village Radovel and its School. The books state that archival documents contain no information on the exact origin of the name Radovel. According to oral history the name may come from the words "council" (ukr."рада") and "lead" (ukr."вести"): a prince in the region was advised where to lead his army or "very happy", "rejoiced" (ukr."радіти вельми"): the prince and his warriors found their way out of the swamps and came upon a convenient place to rest, and therefore rejoiced. There is also a legend about Radov, a daring man of the Drevlian tribe, in whose honor the village was allegedly named. No specific date for the establishment of the village was found. However, in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and Other Slavic Territories, a former graduate of the Radovel School Nadiia Herhalo found the following information: "Village Radovel, Ovruch district, Zhubrovychi parish, 99 miles away from Ovruch, 142 houses, 849 inhabitants, a wooden church, built in 1862. In 1496, Radovel was given to Prince Tymofii Ivanovych Kapusta by King Alexander, in 1581 - to Bohdan Sapeha". Thus, in 1496, the village of Radovel already existed. Therefore, "the first mention of a village Radov in the Ukrainian archives, dated 1545, is not exact". In the second