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Chernihivka Settlement Council
Chernihivka (; ) is a rural settlement in Berdiansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was also the administrative center of the former Chernihivka Raion. It has a population of Chernihivka is situated midway between the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Berdyansk on the bank of Tokmak River in the geographic territory known as Azov Upland. The town is located in the middle of the Pontic steppe away from major highways and railways. Chernihivka is a populated place of Chernihivka settlement council, which is a municipal community and beside the town also includes two rural settlements and four neighboring villages. History Chernihivka was founded in 1783, by villagers from Chernigov Governorate (''Chernihiv Governorate''), who lived on territory of the today's Romny Raion (Sumy Oblast). Until 26 January 2024, Chernihivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chernihivka became a rural se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Ukraine
In Ukraine, the term "populated place" () refers to a structured component of the human settlement system, representing a stationary community within a territorially cohesive and compact area characterized by a significant concentration of population. Its defining attribute is the continuous presence of human inhabitants. Populated places in Ukraine are classified into two primary categories: urban and rural. Urban populated places are cities, whereas rural areas include villages and ''selyshches''. All populated places are governed by their hromada (municipality), be it a village, city or any other type of settlement. A municipality may consist of one or several populated places and is (except Kyiv and Sevastopol) a constituent part of a List of raions of Ukraine, raion (district) which in turn is constituents of an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province). Besides regular populated places in Ukraine, that are part of administrative division and population census, there are sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berdyansk
Berdiansk or Berdyansk (, ; , ) is a port city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south-eastern Ukraine. It is on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Berdiansk Raion. The city is named after the 's , at the foot of which it is located. Its population is Berdiansk is home to a safari zoo, water park, museums, health resorts with mud baths and climatic treatments, and numerous water sport activities. Berdiansk Airport is located nearby. Since 27 February 2022, Berdiansk has been under Russian occupation. History Founding In the 19th century, the Russian Imperial government began to plan to build a seaport in the Northern Azov region. In 1824, Count Mikhail Vorontsov, Governor-General of the Caucasus Viceroyalty, sent an expedition to the Azov Sea. Its task was to find a place to build a new seaport to assist in the defense of Russia's southern borders. Initially, the place for a future port was implie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volodymyr Horilyi
Volodymyr Ivanovych Horilyi (; born 11 October 1965) is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football defender and a football coach. Career Horilyi played for a number of teams based in USSR including Tavriya Simferopol, Dynamo Kyiv, Zenit Leningrad and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, as well as for Israeli side Hapoel Haifa. In 1983 and 1986 Horilyi took part in the Summer Spartakiads of the Peoples of the USSR in the team of Ukrainian SSR. He was capped three times for |
Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast (), also known as Sumshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its modern-day form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The estimated population is The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Sumy. Other important cities within the oblast include Konotop, Okhtyrka, Romny, and Shostka. The modern region combines territories of the historical Severia (northern part) and Sloboda Ukraine (southern part). On territory of the Sumy Oblast important centers of Ukrainian culture are located, such as the city of Hlukhiv which served as a hetman residence during the Cossack Hetmanate as well as the cities of Okhtyrka and Sumy which were regional centers of the Sloboda Ukraine. The oblast has a heavy mix of agriculture and industry, with over 600 industrial locations. Among the most notable was the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romny Raion
Romny Raion () is a raion in Sumy Oblast in Central Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Romny. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Sumy Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Romny Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was References Raions of Sumy Oblast 1930 establishments in Ukraine {{Sumy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernigov Governorate
Chernigov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. It was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Little Russia Governorate (1796-1802), Little Russia Governorate and had its capital in Chernihiv, Chernigov. Its borders encompassed the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to a large part of Bryansk Oblast of Russia. From 1918 to 1925, it was referred to as Chernihiv Governorate as part of Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, Ukrainian successor states of the Russian Empire during and after the Russian Civil War, civil war, namely of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR. Administrative division When part of the Russian Empire, the governorate consisted of 15 uyezds (their administrative centres in brackets): * Borznyansky Uyezd (Borzna) * Glukhovsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernihivka Settlement Council
Chernihivka (; ) is a rural settlement in Berdiansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was also the administrative center of the former Chernihivka Raion. It has a population of Chernihivka is situated midway between the cities of Zaporizhzhia and Berdyansk on the bank of Tokmak River in the geographic territory known as Azov Upland. The town is located in the middle of the Pontic steppe away from major highways and railways. Chernihivka is a populated place of Chernihivka settlement council, which is a municipal community and beside the town also includes two rural settlements and four neighboring villages. History Chernihivka was founded in 1783, by villagers from Chernigov Governorate (''Chernihiv Governorate''), who lived on territory of the today's Romny Raion (Sumy Oblast). Until 26 January 2024, Chernihivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chernihivka became a rural se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azov Upland
Azov Upland or Cisazov Upland is a plateau or range of hills in East Ukraine within the Donetsk and Zaporizhia oblasts. To the north it borders Dnieper Lowland, to northeast – Donets Ridge, southwest – Black Sea Lowland, south – Azov Lowland. Elevation varies between . Interesting features are mounds locally known as ' similar to Russian equivalent of kurgan. The highest hill is Belmak-Mohyla (Horyla) that rises at . The climate is similar to Donets Ridge. Soils are categorized as chernozem of poor or medium humus. Vegetation is a fescue-feather-grass steppe. References External links Azov Uplandat the Encyclopedia of Ukraine Azov Uplandat the Encyclopædia Britannica Azov Uplandat the Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; , ''BSE'') is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Great Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokmak River
Tokmak (, ) is a small city in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine. It stands on the Tokmak River, a tributary of the Molochna. It is the administrative centre of the Tokmak urban hromada, and was the centre of the Tokmak Raion until that was disestablished in 2020. Its population is approximately Tokmak has been occupied by Russia since early March 2022. Etymology The name of the town comes from the Tokmak River. One common theory is that the hydronym comes from the Turkish ("mallet, stick, hammer"). An alternative theory is that the name comes from the Turkish ("to pour"). Another possibility is that the name comes from a tribe belonging to the Cumans or the Kyrgyz people. History Early history The territories around Tokmak have been inhabited since the Neolithic era. This is evidenced by the excavations of settlements and burial mounds near the town, where burials dating from the Bronze Age were found. There have also been excavations indic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia, multiple power stations and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region. Names and etymology The name ''Zaporizhzhia'' refers to the position of the city: "beyond the rapids"—downstream or south of the Dnieper Rapids. These were previously an impediment to navigation and the site of important portages. In 1932, the rapids were flooded to become part of the reservoir of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.Pospelov, pp. 25–26 Before 1921, the city was called Aleksandrovsk (or Oleksandrivsk), named after the original fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblasts Of Ukraine
An oblast (, ; ), sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division of Ukraine. The country's territory is divided into 24 oblasts, as well as one Autonomous republic of Ukraine, autonomous republic and two City with special status, cities with special status. As Ukraine is a unitary state, oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution and devolved by law. Articles 140–146 of s:Constitution of Ukraine#Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine, Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competence. Oblasts are divided into Raions of Ukraine, raions, with each oblast having between three and eight raions following the Raions of Ukraine#July 2020 reform, July 2020 reform. General characteristics In Ukraine, the term ''oblast'' denotes a primary administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernihivka Raion
Chernihivka Raion () was one of raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region was the urban-type settlement of Chernihivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Chernihivka Raion was merged into Berdiansk Raion Berdiansk Raion, also spelled Berdyansk Raion () is one of the five raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The administrative center of the region is Berdiansk. The raion has access to the northern coast of the Sea of Azov .... The last estimate of the raion population was . References Former raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast 1923 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform {{Zaporizhia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
