Bobrovytsia (, ), is the city in
Nizhyn Raion
Nizhyn Raion ( uk, Ніжинський район) is a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at Nizhyn. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the ...
within
Chernihiv Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...
(
province
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) of
Ukraine
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. It sits next to the
Bystrytsia. Bobrovytsia hosts the administration of
Bobrovytsia urban hromada
Bobrovytsia (, ), is the city in Nizhyn Raion within Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It sits next to the Bystrytsia. Bobrovytsia hosts the administration of Bobrovytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
In 16 ...
, one of the
hromada
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s of Ukraine.
Population:
In 1614, it was a
royal city
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of
Poland
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however later it became a part of the
Kiev Voivodeship
The Kiev Voivodeship ( pl, województwo kijowskie, la, Palatinatus Kioviensis, uk, Київське воєводство, ''Kyjivśke vojevodstvo'') was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
until 1667, when it passed to
Russia
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.
History
The ancient origins of Bobrovytsia are known from the archaeological ruins of a settlement dated from the 11th-13th centuries.
In the 16th century, Bobrovytsia was a town in the Kyiv province of the Commonwealth.
According to Polish illustrations "Bobrowica" in 1618 had about 107 homes. According to another Polish illustration in 1628, the town was inhabited as early as the year 1600.
Until 18 July 2020, Bobrovytsia was the administrative center of
Bobrovytsia Raion
Bobrovytsia Raion ( uk, Бобровицький район) was a raion (district) of Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the city of Bobrovytsia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the a ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Bobrovytsia Raion was merged into Nizhyn Raion.
Name origins
On the origin of the name of the city Bobrovytsia there is no reliable data. There are only guesses that the settlement was called such from the beaver crafts made in the city, near the Bystritsia River to the middle of the 19th century which was called Bobrovytsia.
Geography and climate
Demographics
Population
Population: - Ukrainian (92%, 2001)
*2.9 thousand. (1859)
*5.1 thousand. (1897) Orthodox - 4.4 thousand., Jews - 0,7 thousand.
*7.0 thousand. (1926)
*9.4 thousand. (1959)
*14.5 thousand. (1988)
*11.9 thousand. (2005)
*11.3 thousand. (2016)
[ПАСПОРТ територіальної громади Бобровицької міської ради.]
Native language distribution (2001)
Economy
Culture
Historical Sites
Government
Education
Infrastructure
References
External links
The murder of the Jews of Bobrovytsiaduring
World War II
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, at
Yad Vashem
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website.
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Cities in Chernihiv Oblast
Kozeletsky Uyezd
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Holocaust locations in Ukraine