Valky

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Valky
Валки
Flag of Valky
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Coat of arms of Valky
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Valky is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Valky
Valky
Coordinates: 49°50′N 35°37′E / 49.833°N 35.617°E / 49.833; 35.617Coordinates: 49°50′N 35°37′E / 49.833°N 35.617°E / 49.833; 35.617
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
RaionBohodukhiv Raion
Population
 (2001)
 • Total10,381
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Valky (Ukrainian: Валки) is a city in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Valky is situated on the banks of the river Mzha. The city borders on such villages as Kostiv and Gontiv Yar. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 8,783 (2020 est.)[2]

In May 1920 a peasant army of the surrounding villages, according to various estimates, 1,500 to 3,500 people who haf proclaimed a "Ukrainian People's Government" attempted to capture Valky.[3] They failed due to a lack of weapons and its members were executed.[3]

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.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Валковская городская 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 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Russian) THE CITY OF THE REBELLIOUS, Vecherniy Kharkov (15 May 2006)
  4. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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