Pechenihy (, ) is a

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Chuhuiv Raion Chuhuiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chuhuiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduce ...

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. It hosts the administration of

Pechenihy settlement hromada Pechenihy (, ) is a rural settlement in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pechenihy settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Pechenihy is located on the right bank of the Donets. ...

, 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. Population: Pechenihy is located on the right bank of the

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History

It was a village in

Kharkov Governorate Kharkov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Uk ...

of the

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. In 1825–1890 the village was called Novo-Bilhorod (Novobilhorod, Novobelgorod).

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from 1957 to 2024. In 1958–1962 the

Pechenihy Reservoir Pechenihy (, ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pechenihy settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Pechenihy is ...

was built just above the settlement, with the dam located in Pechenihy. The reservoir was built to supply water to the city of

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

. In January 1989 the population was 5466 people. In January 2013 the population was 5045 people. Until 18 July 2020, Pechenihy was the administrative center of

Pechenihy Raion Pechenihy Raion () was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Pechenihy. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced t ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Pechenihy Raion was merged into Chuhuiv Raion. Until 26 January 2024, Pechenihy was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Pechenihy became a rural settlement. The capital of Turkish Pecheneg Khanate during 895–1036 was possibly located in the area. As originally described by

Omeljan Pritsak Omeljan Yosypovych Pritsak (; 7 April 1919 – 29 May 2006) was the first Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of History of Ukraine, Ukrainian History at Harvard University and the founder and first director (1973–1989) of the Harvard Ukrainian Rese ...

The Pečenegs: A Case of Social and Economic Transformation, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 1976, as "The previous center, of the ninth century Pecheneg state (in "Lebedia") was probably located in the area of the present-day village Pechenihy in the Kharkiv oblast, where archaeologists have discovered remnants of a Pecheneg encampment, dated to the ninth century. This village was settled by a Slavic population only in 1622, and, in 1708, it became the center of the Pecheneg

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of the Izium

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(regiment), and from the 1750s to 1765 it was the center of the Izium sotnia of the Slobodsky polk."

Transportation

Pechenihy is on a paved road connecting

Chuhuiv Chuhuiv () or Chuguev () is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The city is the Capital (political), administrative center of Chuhuiv Raion (district). It hosts the administration of Chuhuiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population ...

and

Velykyi Burluk Velykyi Burluk () is a rural settlement in Ukraine, in Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast. It hosts the administration of Velykyi Burluk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of the settlement is . The settlement was ...

. There are local roads as well. The closest railway station is in Chuhuiv, on a railway connecting Kharkiv and

Kupiansk Kupiansk or Kupyansk (, ; , ) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kupiansk Raion. It is also an important railroad junction for the oblast. Kupiansk hosts the administration of Kupiansk urban hromada, ...

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References

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