Bila Tserkva Raion
Bila Tserkva Raion
Білоцерківський район | |
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Raion | |
Білоцерківський район (Bilotserkivskyi raion) | |
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Coordinates: 49°51′6″N 30°8′4″E / 49.85167°N 30.13444°ECoordinates: 49°51′6″N 30°8′4″E / 49.85167°N 30.13444°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Region | Kyiv Oblast |
Established | 1930 |
Admin. center | Bila Tserkva |
Subdivisions | 13 hromadas |
Government | |
• Governor | Roman Ivanovych Pluhator |
Area | |
• Total | 1,276.8 km2 (493.0 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 436,115 |
• Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal index | 075 |
Area code | 380-4563 |
Website | kyiv-obl.gov.ua |
Bila Tserkva Raion (Ukrainian: Білоцерківський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bila Tserkva. Population: 436,115 (2021 est.)[1].
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bila Tserkva Raion was significantly expanded. [2][3] The area of the raion before the reform was 1,276.8 square kilometres (493.0 sq mi). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 48,440 (2020 est.)[4]
Subdivisions[]
Bila Tserkva Raion consists of 1 city (Uzyn), 1 urban-type settlement (Terezyne) and 58 villages. The settlements of Bila Tserkva Raion are:
- Bakaly
- Bloschyntsi
- Bykova Hreblia
- Chepyliivka
- Cherkas
- Cherkas
- Chmyrivka
- Chupyra
- Drozdy
- Fastivka
- Fesiury
- Fursy
- Haiok
- Hlushky
- Hlybochka
- Horodysche
- Ivanivka
- Khrapachi
- Klochky
- Korzhivka
- Kozhenyky
- Krasne
- Liudvynivka
- Makiivka
- Mala Antonivka
- Mala Skvyrka
- Mala Vilshanka
- Matiushi
- Mazepyntsi
- Mezhove
- Mykhailivka
- Odnorih
- Oliinykova Sloboda
- Ostriiky
- Ozerna
- Pavlivka
- Pischana
- Popravka
- Potiivka
- Pylypcha
- Rozaliivka
- Scherbaky
- Shkarivka
- Skrebyshi
- Sorokotiahy
- Stepok
- Sukholisy
- Sydory
- Tarasivka
- Terezyne
- Tomylivka
- Trushky
- Uzyn
- Vasyliv
- Verbova
- Vilna Tarasivka
- Volodymyrivka
- Yablunivka
- Yosypivka
- Zatysha
Notable buildings[]
Various monuments of architecture located within the raion's territory include:
- Monument to Ivan Mazepa, 1991 in the village of Mazepyntsi.
- Church Zishestia Sviatoho Dukha, 1750 in the village of Shkarivka.
- Church Sviatoi Paraskevy, 1903 in the village of Oliinykova Sloboda.
- Church of the Wives of Myronosyts, 1893 in the village of Sorokotiahy.
- Cathedral of the Saint Ioanna Khrestytelia in Bila Tserkva.
- Mykhailivska Church, 1891 in Bila Tserkva.
- Preobrazhenska Church, 1849 in the village of Sukholisy.
- Oleksandriia Park, 1793-1797 in Bila Tserkva.
- Zymovyi (Winter) Palace in Bila Tserkva.
Notable residents[]
Famous people from the territory that is now known as the Bilotserkivskyi Raion include:
- Ivan Mazepa, from Bila Tserkva, was a Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, in 1687–1708.
- Pavel Popovich, from Uzyn, is a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent, arguably the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
External links[]
- kyiv-obl.gov.ua - Information about the Bila Tserkva Raion (in Ukrainian)
- Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of the Bila Tserkva Raion (in Ukrainian)
- heraldry.com.ua - Heraldry of the raion (in Ukrainian)
- Bila Tserkva Raion
- Raions of Kyiv Oblast