Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of

Biliaivka urban hromada Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the left bank of the Turunchuk River. Lake Safyany is located near by the city. Population:

History

The populated place (village at that time) was founded by the Ukrainian Cossacks after the elimination of the Zaporizhian Sich. The village called Holovkivka was first mentioned in 1792. The settlers from the

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

region were moved here in 1794. The first name of the settlement originated from the name of famous Ukrainian Cossack leader, cossack general judge Antin Holovaty. There are several versions of the name origin, but all the versions are connected with his name. The village started to be a volost administrative center in Odesa county in 1886. It had a population of 2917 people with 250 farmyards. There were two Orthodox churches, schools, six shops, and markets. The river crossing over the Turunchuk River was here. The settlement gained town status on 2 January 1957, and city status in 1975. Until 2016, Biliaivka was part of Biliaivka Raion, center of

Biliaivka Municipality Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the ...

, and the administrative center of the raion. On 28 January 2016, it was designated the city of oblast significance but remained the administrative center of the raion. The municipality was abolished as administrative unit on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of

was merged into Odesa Raion. Besides the Ukrainians, the city of Biliaivka has a significant number of Germans, Bulgarians, Greeks and

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

Gallery

File:Red church in Bilyayivka.jpg, The Saint Nicholas church File:The Church in Bilyayivka.jpg, The Dormition church File:Memorial, Bilyayivka.jpg, The World War II memorial in the downtown File:Boat Station in Bilyayivka.jpg, The boat station File:Safyany Lake, Biliayivka.jpg, View from Lake Safyany

References

External links

Інформаційний портал Біляївки
* Аліса Ложешник. Спадок родини Антона Андрійовича Головатого – військового судді Чорноморського козацького війська.

(На основі матеріалів енциклопедичного видання про історію міст та сіл України, том – Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Одеська область. – К.: Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР, 1969. – 911 с.)
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