Shevchenkove, Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast

This article is about a village settlement in Odesa Oblast. For other populated places in Ukraine, see Shevchenkove.
Shevchenkove
Шевченкове (Ukrainian)
Village
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Orthodox Saint John's Church, built in 1848
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Coordinates: 45°33′16″N 29°20′09″E / 45.55444°N 29.33583°E / 45.55444; 29.33583
Country Ukraine
Oblast Odesa Oblast
Raion Izmail Raion
HromadaKiliia urban hromada
First mentioned1776
Founded by1790 as sloboda Karamahmed
Historical affiliations
Named forTaras Shevchenko, 1946
Government
 • StarostaOleksandr Ostapenko
Area
 • Village
9,907 km2 (3,825 sq mi)
 • Land98.68 km2 (38.10 sq mi)
 • Urban
6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Elevation
32 m (105 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Village
Decrease 5,625
 • Rank5th in Izmail Raion
40th in Odesa Oblast
 • Density883.05/km2 (2,287.1/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Shevchenkivtsi, Karahmedchany
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
68332
Area code+380 (48) 433-7x-xx
ClimateDfa

Shevchenkove (Ukrainian: Шевче́нкове, IPA [ˈʃɛu̯tʃenkowe] ⓘ; Romanian: Caramahmet) is a village in Izmail Raion of Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It belongs to Kiliia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It is located 63 km (39 mi) from the raion center and 28 km (17 mi) from the Dzinilor railway station. The territory has a flat topography. A large cluster of water bodies in the Danube and Northern Black Sea basins is concentrated within a radius of 30 km (19 mi). According to the 2001 census, 5,625 inhabitants lived in the village, the territory is 6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi), with the agricultural land measuring 98.68 km2 (38.10 sq mi), and by both indicators it is the largest village in the district.

The village was founded in 1790 as a Karamahmet sloboda of the Ottoman Empire. Renamed to Shevchenkove village in 14 November 1945 in honor of the poet-kobzar Taras Shevchenko. As of 17 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform in Ukraine, Shevchenkove became part of the Izmail Raion after the abolition of the Kiliia Raion.

Places of interest

  • Palace of Culture
    Palace of Culture
  • The dome of St. John's Church (since 2023 — Orthodox Church of Ukraine)
    The dome of St. John's Church (since 2023 — Orthodox Church of Ukraine)
  • Facade of the Baptist Church, also called the House of the Gospel
    Facade of the Baptist Church, also called the House of the Gospel

History

In 1776, next to the estate of the general of the Ottoman army, Kara Mahmet (Ottoman Turkish: Kara Mehmet), on the bank of the Techia stream, the first Ukrainian settlement [fr] appeared, founded by Cossack families from Zaporozhian Sich. 23 April [O.S. 12 April] 1790, the settlement was transformed into sloboda. In 1812, following the Treaty of Bucharest, became part the Bessarabian Oblast of the Russian Empire. In 1856, according to the results of the Treaty of Paris, village became part of states under Ottoman Empire suzerainty: Principality of Moldavia (1856–1859), United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1862), Romanian United Principalities (1862–1866), Principality of Romania (1866–1878). Sloboda became a village and labor obligations and taxes were introduced for the inhabitants. In 1878, according to the Treaty of Berlin, the village returned to the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire, and the Principality of Romania gained its independence. In 1917, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, the village became part of the self-proclaimed Moldavian Democratic Republic, formed in the former Bessarabia Governorate. In 1918, the Kingdom of Romania introduced romanian troops into the Bessarabia Governorate (including the village) and the decision was made to join Bessarabia to the Kingdom of Romania. In 1940, according to the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union annexed Bessarabia to the USSR, and the village belonged to the Ukrainian SSR. 1941, after the start of Operation Barbarossa by the fascists, the village is under the occupation of the Kingdom of Romania. In 1944, during the second Jassy–Kishinev offensive, the Soviet Army liberated the village from the fascists, and in 14 November 1945 it was renamed Shevchenkove.[2] In 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the village became part of Ukraine.

Administrative subordination

Until 17 July 2020, Shevchenkove belonged to Kiliia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Kiliia Raion was merged into Izmail Raion.[11][12]


Population

Distribution of the population by mother tongue

  Ukrainian (96.85%)
  Russian (1.51%)
  Romanian (0.73%)
  Bulgarian (0.39%)
  Romani (0.25%)
  Others (0.27%)

According to the 2001 census, the majority of Shevchenkove's population was Ukrainian-speaking (96.85%).[13]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Килийская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Указ Президії Верховної Ради УРСР від 14 листопада 1945 "Про збереження історичних найменувань та уточнення і впорядкування існуючих назв сільрад і населених пунктів Ізмаїльської області"
  3. ^ Decision of the Politbureau of the CC of the VKP(b) dated August 6, 1940 and the decree of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b)U dated August 7 "On the formation of the Akerman and Chernivtsi Oblasts as part of Ukrainian SSR."
  4. ^ Decision of the Politbureau of the CC of the VKP(b) dated October 4, 1940 "On the formation of raions within the Akerman and Chernivtsi Oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR" and the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR dated November 11."
  5. ^ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated December 7, 1940 "On the transfer of the center of the Akkerman Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR from the city of Akkerman to the city of Izmail and the renaming of the Akkerman Oblast to the Izmail Oblast."
  6. ^ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated February 15, 1954 "On the liquidation of the Izmail Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR""
  7. ^ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR dated December 30, 1962 "On consolidation of rural areas of the Ukrainian SSR"
  8. ^ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR dated January 4, 1965 "On making changes to the administrative zoning of the Ukrainian SSR"
  9. ^ Рішення Кілійської міської ради від 12 лютого 2018 року № 663-VII-32 «Про добровільне об’єднання територіальних громад»
  10. ^ Regulation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 807-IX of July 17, 2020 "On the formation and liquidation of raions"
  11. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  13. ^ The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
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