Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
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city
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Bohodukhiv Raion
Bohodukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Bohodukhiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was ...
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Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
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Ukraine
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. Valky is situated on the banks of the river Mzha. The city borders on such villages as Kostiv and Hontiv Yar. It hosts the administration of Valky urban hromada, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine. Population:
Until 18 July 2020, Valky was the administrative center of Valky Raion. 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 Valky Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.
History
In May 1920, a peasant army of the surrounding villages, according to various estimates, 1,500 to 3,500 people who had proclaimed a "Ukrainian People's Government" attempted to capture Valky. They failed due to a lack of weapons, and its members were executed.THE CITY OF THE REBELLIOUS
Vecherniy Kharkov
Vecherniy Kharkov (, literally ''Evening Kharkiv'') is a regional Ukrainian newspaper published in Russian. The editor-in-chief of ''Vecherniy Kharkov'' is Olena Shevchuk. The newspaper ''Vecherniy Kharkov'' is regional information printed editi ...
(15 May 2006)
On June 12, 2020, according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 725-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of the Kharkiv Oblast", it became part of the Valkivska City Community.
On July 17, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and the liquidation of the Valky district, the city became part of the Bohodukhiv Raion.
In 2021, a national record was set in Valky: 375 people made a simultaneous whistle on a traditional clay toy, the Valky whistle.