Biliaivka (, ) is a city in

Odesa Raion Odesa Raion () or Odessa Raion () is a List of raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 17 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. Biliaivka Raion, Biliaivka Municipality, Bili ...

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...

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. It hosts the administration of

Biliaivka urban hromada Biliaivka urban hromada () is a hromada (municipality) in Odesa Raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Population: The hromada consists of a city of Biliaivka and 6 villages: * * * * * * Shyroka Balka Geography The total area of ...

, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine. The city is located in the

Dniester The Dniester ( ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Uk ...

Delta, on the left bank of the

Turunchuk River Turunchuk River (; ), also called New Dniester is a left branch of the Dniester River, which flows from Moldova to Ukraine, when inflows to the Dniester River near the city of Biliaivka Biliaivka (, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Uk ...

Lake Safiany Safiany () is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the delta of the Dniester River. It is located near the city of Biliaivka Biliaivka (, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hrom ...

is located near by the city. Population: 12.155 (2023 estimate).

History

The populated place (village at that time) was founded by the

Ukrainian Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks (in Latin ''Cossacorum Zaporoviensis''), also known as the Zaporozhian Cossack Army or the Zaporozhian Host (), were Cossacks who lived beyond (that is, downstream from) the Dnieper Rapids. Along with Registered Cossa ...

after the elimination of the

Zaporizhian Sich The Zaporozhian Sich (, , ; also ) was a semi-autonomous polity and proto-state of Zaporozhian Cossacks that existed between the 16th to 18th centuries, for the latter part of that period as an autonomous stratocratic state within the Cossa ...

. The village called Holovkivka was first mentioned in 1792. The settlers from the

Poltava Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...

region were moved here in 1794. The first name of the settlement originated from the name of famous Ukrainian Cossack leader, cossack general judge

Antin Holovaty Antin Holovaty () or Anton Golovaty () ; between 1732 and 1744 – 28 January 1797 was a prominent Zaporozhian Cossack leader who after the Zaporozhian Sich's destruction was a key figure in the formation of the Black Sea Cossack Host and t ...

. There are several versions of the name origin, but all the versions are connected with his name. The village started to be a

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administrative center in

Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...

county in 1886. It had a population of 2917 people with 250 farmyards. There were two Orthodox churches, schools, six shops, and markets. The river crossing over the

was here. The settlement gained town status on 2 January 1957, and city status in 1975. Until 2016, Biliaivka was part of

Biliaivka Raion Biliaivka Raion () was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Biliaivka, which had a status of the city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished and its terr ...

, center of

Biliaivka Municipality Biliaivka (, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the left bank of the Turunchuk River. Lake Safi ...

, and the administrative center of the raion. On 28 January 2016, it was designated the city of oblast significance but remained the administrative center of the raion. The municipality was abolished as administrative unit on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of

was merged into Odesa Raion.

Demographics

According to the

2001 Ukrainian census The 2001 Ukrainian census 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.Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

account for over 80% of the population, 10% identify as

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

, smaller minorities are

Belarusians Belarusians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus. They natively speak Belarusian language, Belarusian, an East Slavic language. More than 9 million people proclaim Belarusian ethnicity worldwide. Nearly 7.99&n ...

and

Moldovans Moldovans, sometimes referred to as Moldavians (, , ), are an ethnic group native to Moldova, who mostly speak the Romanian language, also referred to locally as Moldovan language, Moldovan. Moldovans form significant communities in Romania, It ...

. The exact ethnic makeup was as follows: Besides the

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

, the city of Biliaivka has a significant number of

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Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

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and

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnic groups * Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin ** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities ** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom * Romanians (Romanian ...

Gallery

File:Red church in Bilyayivka.jpg, The Saint Nicholas church File:The Church in Bilyayivka.jpg, The Dormition church File:Memorial, Bilyayivka.jpg, The World War II memorial in the downtown File:Boat Station in Bilyayivka.jpg, The boat station File:Safyany Lake, Biliayivka.jpg, View from

References

External links

Інформаційний портал Біляївки
* Аліса Ложешник. Спадок родини Антона Андрійовича Головатого – військового судді Чорноморського козацького війська.

(На основі матеріалів енциклопедичного видання про історію міст та сіл України, том – Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Одеська область. – К.: Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР, 1969. – 911 с.)
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