Bohdanivka ( uk, Богданівка; russian: link=no, Богдановка) is a village in
Kadiivka urban hromada
Kadiivka urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Kadiivka.
The hromada contains 35 settlements: 6 cities ( Almazna, Brianka, Holubivka, Irmino, Kadiivka, an ...
,
Alchevsk Raion (
district),
Luhansk Oblast (
region),
Ukraine, at about 45 km
WbN from the centre of
Luhansk city.
The ancestors of the
ethnic Russians
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in the village were transplanted there during the
17th-century
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (Roman numerals, MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (Roman numerals, MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by ...
, to build a fortified outpost against raids by
Tatars from the
Khanate of Crimea.
The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the
War in Donbass
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...
, that started in 2014. It is administered as a part of the ''de facto''
Luhansk People's Republic.
People
* Fr.
Potapy Emelianov
Potapy Emelianov (c. 1889, Ufa Governorate, Russian Empire – 14 August 1936, Nadvoitsy, Segezhsky District, Karelian ASSR, USSR) was a monastic priest, or Hieromonk, from the Old Ritualist tradition within Russian Orthodoxy who entered the Russi ...
(c. 1889-1936), local
Old Ritualist priest of the
Russian Greek Catholic Church and martyr in the
Gulag. Under investigation since 2003 for possible Roman Catholic Sainthood.
References
Old Believer communities
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Villages in Alchevsk Raion
Kadiivka urban hromada