What is "klesiv"

Klesiv is an urban-type settlement in the Sarny Raion ( district) of Rivne Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 4,624 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.

Klesiv was first founded in the beginning of the 20th century as Klesów, then a part of the modern-day nation state of Poland. After the Soviet annexation of Western Ukraine, Klesiv acquired the status of an urban-type settlement in 1940.