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Sokolivka, Kyiv Oblast
Sokolivka ( uk, Соколівка) is a village in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Hrebinky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Name The name of the village comes from the name of the legendary town of Sokoliv, which contained honey Hlushky, Bila Tserkva Raion, Ukraine, Hlushky and Sokolivka. History In archives of 1811 it is mentioned as a separate village and the residence of several nobles is recorded. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built in 1882. According to the archive, it was made with stone foundation, had a bell tower of 4 pillar. The church owned 3 tithes of 500 square meters yards of land. The church had a parish school, organized since 1861. In 1892 a school was built, which functioned for 350 rubles from the state treasury and 130 from locals. Until 18 July 2020, Sokolivka belonged to Vasylkiv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
