Sobolivka () is a village in

Haisyn Raion Haisyn Raion () is one of the six raions (districts) of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the town of Haisyn. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

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in west-central

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. Population is 3,752 (2004). On territory of village is: railway station of Duklya, saccharine (does not work) brickwork, 2 schools, 2 children garden, house of culture, hospital, church (Rizdvyano-bogoroditskiy temple - 1790, 1852 reconstructed). The river of Derkachka flows through the village. Distance is from Sobolivki to

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- 293 kilometres.

History

The settlement of Sobolivka was founded in the place where once existed the city of Sables, founded the

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for protecting of edge from the raids of Tatars. An original fortress was furnished two large earthen billows. Tatars pranged a fortress, and populations destroyed. Afterwards here was a new settlement with the name of Sobolivka, which entered in the complement of domains of the Polish counts of Pototskikh. Until 18 July 2020, Sobolivka was located in the

Teplyk Raion Teplyk Raion (, translit. ''Teplytskyi raion'') was a raion (district) of Vinnytsia Oblast in west-central Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was an urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ...

. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Haisyn Raion on that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast to six.

Notable people

* Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), poet, literary critic, teacher

References

External links

sobolivka.com.ua
- Official website of village of Sobolivka
The murder of the Jews of Sobolivka
during

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, at

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website. Holocaust locations in Ukraine {{Vinnytsia-geo-stub Villages in Haisyn Raion Gaysinsky Uyezd