Bohdan (; ) is a village in
Rakhiv Raion,
Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
,
Ukraine
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. It is the centre of
Bohdan rural hromada, 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. Its population is 3,971 ().
History
Mentions of Bohdan date back to the early 17th century. The village's original population largely comprised runaway criminals and ethnic
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 ...
whose homes had been taken over by German colonists, as well as others who had migrated to be closer to their work. The village also contains the remains of a
Jewish cemetery.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Ukrainian census, 3,277 people lived in Bohdan. 97.03% of this population spoke
Ukrainian, with another 2.29% speaking
Hungarian, 0.48% speaking
Russian, 0.12% speaking
German, and 0.03% each speaking
Belarusian and
Romanian (under the name of
Moldovan).
Notable residents
* , Ukrainian senior sergeant killed during the
War in Donbas
* , Hungarian botanist
References
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Bohdan rural hromada
Villages in Rakhiv Raion