Bohdan ( uk, Богдан; hu, Tiszabogdány) is a village in
Rakhiv Raion
Rakhiv Raion ( uk, Рахівський район, ro, Raionul Rahău, hu, Rahói járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rakhiv. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative re ...
,
Zakarpattia Oblast,
Ukraine. It is the centre of
Bohdan rural hromada, 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. Its population is 3,971 ().
History
Mentions of Bohdan date back to the early 17th century. The village's original population largely comprised runaway criminals and ethnic
Ukrainians whose homes had been taken over by German colonists, as well as others who had migrated to be closer to their work. The village also contains the remains of a
Jewish cemetery
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.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Ukrainian census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. , 3,277 people lived in Bohdan. 97.03% of this population spoke
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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* So ...
, with another 2.29% speaking
Hungarian, 0.48% speaking
Russian, 0.12% speaking
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
, and 0.03% each speaking
Belarusian
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* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
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* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
and
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
(under the name of
Moldovan).
Notable residents
* , Ukrainian senior sergeant killed during the
War in Donbas
* , Hungarian botanist
References
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Bohdan rural hromada
Villages in Rakhiv Raion