Kolomak

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Kolomak
Коломак
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Kolomak
Flag
Coat of arms of Kolomak
Coat of arms
Kolomak is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Kolomak
Kolomak
Coordinates: 49°50′31″N 35°18′29″E / 49.84194°N 35.30806°E / 49.84194; 35.30806Coordinates: 49°50′31″N 35°18′29″E / 49.84194°N 35.30806°E / 49.84194; 35.30806
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionBohodukhiv Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total2,681
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kolomak (Ukrainian: Коломак, Russian: Коломак) is an urban-type settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 2,681 (2021 est.)[2]

Kolomak is located between Poltava and Kharkiv, on both banks of the , a major left tributary of the Vorskla in the drainage basin of the Dnieper.

History[]

It was a village in Valky uyezd of Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to September 1943.

In January 1989 the population was 4628 people.[3] In January 2013 the population was 3844 people.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Kolomak was the administrative center of Kolomak 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 Kolomak Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.[5][6]

Economy[]

Transportation[]

The Highway M03, connecting Kyiv and Kharkiv via Poltava, runs about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Kolonak, and the settlement has an easy access to it. There are local roads as well.

, on the Southern railway line connecting Kharkiv and Poltava,[7] is not located in Kolomak but in , about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the settlement. There is a freight dead-end railway line to Kolomak from , on the same line connecting Kharkiv and Poltava.

References[]

  1. ^ "Коломакская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  4. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.99
  5. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  6. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  7. ^ Коломак // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 12. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1973
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