Sokolivka () is a village in

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

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. It belongs to

Hrebinky settlement hromada Hrebinky settlement hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Hrebinky. It has an area of and a population of 13,565, as of 2020. The hromada includes 12 settlements ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine.

Name

The name of the village comes from the name of the legendary town of Sokoliv, which contained honey Hlushky and Sokolivka.

History

In archives of 1811 it is mentioned as a separate village and the residence of several nobles is recorded. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built in 1882. According to the archive, it was made with stone foundation, had a bell tower of 4 pillar. The church owned 3 tithes of 500 square meters yards of land. The church had a parish school, organized since 1861. In 1892 a school was built, which functioned for 350 rubles from the state treasury and 130 from locals. Until 18 July 2020, Sokolivka belonged to

Vasylkiv Raion Vasylkiv Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was Vasylkiv which is incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Vasylkiv Raion was split between Bila Tserkva,

Fastiv Fastiv (, ) is a city in the Kyiv Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. On older maps it is depicted as Khvastiv (; ). Administratively, it serves as the administrative centre of the Fastiv Raion (district), to which it does not administratively ...

, and

Obukhiv Raion Obukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and ...

s, with Sokolivka being transferred to Bila Tserkva Raion.

References

{{reflist Villages in Bila Tserkva Raion