Bziv (
Ukrainian: Бзів) is a village in
Brovary Raion
Brovary Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the town of Brovary. Its population is
History
In 1923, Brovary Raion was established with its center in Brovary. In 1930, the ra ...
of
Kyiv Oblast
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,
Ukraine
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. It is by road southeast of
Kyiv
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and southwest of the settlement of
Baryshivka
Baryshivka (; ) is a rural settlement in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Baryshivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: In 2001, population was 11,178.
History
Until 18 July 2020, Baryshivka was ...
.
It belongs to
Baryshivka settlement hromada
Baryshivka settlement hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the rural settlement of Baryshivka.
It has an area of and a population of 26,999, as of 2020.
The hromada includes 2 ...
, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine.
Bziv is noted for its blue-green wooden Saint Nicholas Church, which is a national Cultural Heritage Monument.
History
The village was first mentioned on January 27, 1688.
During the Cossack period, until 1781, the village was part of the Baryshivka Hundred of the Pereyaslav Regiment. Following the abolition of the
Cossack regimental system, the village became part of
Oster
Oster (, ; ) is a city in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located where the Oster River flows into the Desna. Oster hosts the administration of Oster urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is
Today O ...
district in the
Kyiv governorate
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. By 1787 it had a population of 272. In the 19th century it became part of Pereyaslav district in
Poltava province and is shown on a map of 1812.
Some 3000 hectares of land was reported in Bziv in 1917, and in 1929 a collective farm was established in the village and by 1932 there were two collective farms, Chervonyi Klin and Novoselytsia. According to the available and available archival documents for 1932 and June-October 1933, 100 surnames have been established.
Until 18 July 2020, Bziv belonged to
Baryshivka Raion
Baryshivka Raion (, translit.: ''Baryshivs’kyi raion'') was a raion in east-central Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Baryshivka. The raions area totaled 957.6 km². The raion wa ...
. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Baryshivka Raion was merged into Brovary Raion.
Economy
In 1970, ''
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It was approved by the Communist Party of Ukraine in 1 ...
'' encyclopedia noted the Morozov Poultry Farm in the area and that 19 rural workers had received government awards for achievements in the development of agriculture in the post-war years.
Landmarks
It contains the double-domed blue-green painted Saint Nicholas Church, a national Cultural Heritage Monument. It underwent restoration work in 1901 which was conducted by
Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, to which the church belonged, and the church and the chapel became a single building. During WWII, Nazi prisoners were held in the church and it is one of only four wooden churches in the former Soviet Union built without nails to survive the war.
Also of note in the village are the Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Bziv near the church and a thatched house, which are also Cultural Heritage monuments, and the Buynok Cultural Centre.
Transport
North of Bsiv there is Novotroianda railway station at
Morozivka on the
Kyiv-Poltava railway.
Notable people
*
Alexander Serdyuk (1900-1988) - actor
References
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Villages in Brovary Raion