153 meters (501.969 ft) above sea level. Varva is located on the left bank of the river Udai which has a length of 327 km. In the village created two artificial reservoirs, so-called first and second vodopidyomy. Demographics The area is populated by ethnic Ukrainians, Russians, Belorussians, Tatars and others. 1. Ethnic groups: Ukrainian: 94%; (7809 pers.) Russians: 4%; (332 pers.) Belarusians: 0.7%; (58 people.) Tatars: 0.06%; (5 pers.) Others: 1.24%. (103 people) 2. Employed: - total 4106 people. Unemployed:- 4201 people. including pensioners: - 2625 people. unemployed: - 162 people. 3. Age Range: (Children under 18 - 1938 people),(18-35 g. - 1532 people), (36-59 g. - 2469 people), (60 and older - 2395 people). 4. Orthodox (Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate) and adherents of other churches: Evangelical Christians-Baptists, Seventh Day Adventists and others. *The above data has reporting gaps where not all the population is represented. Economy Varva was known in the second half of the twentieth century for its oil and gas reserves that have been commercially explored in the past. Currently there are two major employers within the town. First is a gas processing plant, Hnidyntsivsky Gas, which has been in operation for several decades and currently employs about two-thousand people. Second is the JV Agricultural Enterprise, "Druzhba-Nova", which includes the company "Kernal" and collectively employs another two-thousand people. Culture There are several catering and private bars in Varva and while tourism is not well developed there are several hiking trails around and throughout the city. Each year on the 17th of September there is a "village day", where traditionally a fair is held where residents participant with collective art shows. In the center of the village square is a "Fairy-tale Village", made in 1924, with gazebos, children's playgrounds, place of registration for special town events and several memorial signs. Along 'Peace Street' is the Park of Glory, made in 1967, which has the Obelisk of Glory, Alley of Glory and several of memorials. Infrastructure Varva is an urban-type settlement which is located 200 km from the regional center, Chernihiv and 35 km from the railway station in Pryluky. The only transportion system is over its roads both domestic and long distance. Today Varva has 49 multi-storey buildings, 93 streets and alleys, 1856 residential buildings and 1810 individual households. The settlement has two artificial reservoirs, called Reservoir 1 and 2. Notable people Osip