Baburka ( uk, Бабурка) is a village (a '' selo'') in the

Zaporizhzhia Raion Zaporizhzhia Raion ( uk, Запорізький район, ) is one of the 5 raions (districts) of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeast Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is located in the city of Zaporizhzhia. Population: According to ...

(

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

) of

Zaporizhzhia Oblast Zaporizhzhia Oblast ( uk, Запорі́зька о́бласть, translit=Zaporizka oblast), also referred to as Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запорі́жжя, links=no), is an oblast (province) of southeast Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhzhia. The ...

in southern

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Its population was 362 in the

2001 Ukrainian Census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

History

The settlement was first founded in 1785 as Burwalde by German-speaking Mennonites settling the

Chortitza Colony Chortitza Colony was a volost Yekaterinoslav Governorate granted to Plautdietsch-speaking Russian Mennonite for colonization northwest of Khortytsia Island and is now part of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Chortitza was founded in 1789 by Mennonite set ...

. Administratively, it belongs to the

Dolynske Rural Council The Dolynske Rural Council ( uk, Долинська сільська рада, ; officially, Dolynske Village Council) is one of 16 rural local government areas of the Zaporizhia Raion (district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its po ...

, a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

. It is located south of the

Khortytskyi District The Khortytskyi District ( uk, Хортицький район, ) is one of seven administrative urban districts (raions) of the city of Zaporizhzhia, located in southern Ukraine. Its population was 122,575 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census, and 11 ...

of the city of

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) 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. Zapor ...

, the oblast's administrative center.

References

Populated places established in 1785 Former German settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast {{Zaporizhia-geo-stub Zaporizhzhia Raion Villages in Zaporizhzhia Raion

History

See also

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