Varva () is an urban-type settlement in Pryluky Raion, Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Varva settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History Varva was founded at the site of an ancient settlement called Varyn which was referenced in 1079 within the "Instructions of Vladimir Monomakh", which was apparently the name of the village. For various reasons from the 14th to 16th century. Varva was a part of Lithuania and Poland which had the Magdeburg Laws. In the 17th century. population of the town was approximately 6,500 people, with about 200 being Cossack. During the famine of 1932-1933 called the Holodomor about 350 people were killed in the area with another 104 people suffering other punishments under the Stalin regime throughout the late 1930s. On February 27, 1943, the village was the center for an anti-fascist uprising, during the time of the Nazi occupation of Ukraine however this small uprising only extended existed within two Oblasts, Chernihiv and Dnipropetrovsk. During World War II, Varva was temporarily occupied by Nazi forces from September 17, 1941, until September 17, 1943. After the February 27, 1943 anti-fascist uprising, the participants formed guerilla groups to resist the occupying force from March 1943 until the end of the war. During the later part of the 1960s the discovery of oil and gas in the Varva Raion contributed to the successful socio-economic development of the whole region. Until 18 July 2020, Varva was the administrative center of Varva Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Varva Raion was merged into Pryluky Raion. Geography and climate Varva is located in the southeast part of Chernihiv, on the southern Poltava plains. Basically the entire area is a smooth, flat surface, sometimes dissected with passable valleys, gullies and ravines. The climate is continental with an average January temperature of 10 degrees and a summer July temperature of 25. The annual precipitation is about 550 mm, the snow cover is 15–20 cm and lasts about 100 days. Soils in the area are predominantly black (84% of the area), there are some places where the group is composed of chernozem, peat and saline. The area contain 6,000 hectares of forest (growing mostly oak, maple, birch, linden, alder, aspen, pine). Varva altitude -