Borysivka () is a ''selo'' (village) in

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. The village was formerly administrated by the before the 2020 administrative division reforms. Borysivka was called Sontsivka () before 1897 and the population in 2001 was 533 people.

Geography

Borysivka is located 3 km from the left bank of the . The village is right on the border with

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, oppositely bordering the Russian village of in

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. A dried-up stream flows through Borysivka and a large garden massif is adjacent to the village.

History

Borysivka was first mentioned in 1779 as Sontsivka (or Sontsevka in Russian) as a settlement within the

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. During the initial eastern campaign of the 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, the village was occupied by

on 24 February 2022, the first day of the conflict. It was retaken by Ukrainian forces later that year during its

2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive On September 6, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive against the Russian military during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As Ukraine announced the start of the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive, Kherson counteroffensi ...

. Borysivka was once again captured by

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on 10 May 2024 during the

2024 Kharkiv offensive On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovchansk and Kharkiv. ''The Guardian'' reported ...

Transport

The bus route 1177 runs daily on the route from Heroiv Pratsi station in Kharkiv to Borysivka.

Monuments

In November 1998, a monument to

Dmytro Yavornytsky Dmytro Ivanovych Yavornytsky (; November 6, 1855 – August 5, 1940) was a Ukrainian academician, historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer. Yavornytsky was a member of (from 1885), of All-Russian Archaeological S ...

was erected on Sadovii Street. The creators of the monument are Natalia and Oleksii Fomenka.

Notable residents

(1855 – 1940), Ukrainian academician, historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer. * (1922 – 1997), Ukrainian food commodity expert, candidate of technical sciences and professor.

References

External links

Погода в селі Борисівка
{{Kharkiv-geo-stub Villages in Kharkiv Raion