Bziv (

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: Бзів) is a village in Brovary Raion of

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. It is by road southeast of

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

and southwest of the settlement of

Baryshivka Baryshivka ( uk, Бáришівка, russian: Бáрышевка) is an urban-type settlement in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Baryshivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . In 200 ...

. It belongs to

Baryshivka settlement hromada Baryshivka ( uk, Бáришівка, russian: Бáрышевка) is an urban-type settlement in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Baryshivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . In 20 ...

, 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. Bziv is noted for its blue-green wooden Saint Nicholas Church, which is a national Cultural Heritage Monument.

History

The village was first mentioned on January 27, 1688. During the Cossack period, until 1781, the village was part of the Baryshiv Hundred of the Pereyaslav Regiment. Following the abolition of the Cossack regimental system, the village became part of Oster district in the Kyiv governorate. By 1787 it had a population of 272. In the 19th century it became part of Pereyaslav district in Poltava province and is shown on a map of 1812. Some 3000 hectares of land was reported in Bziv in 1917, and in 1929 a collective farm was established in the village and by 1932 there were two collective farms, Chervonyi Klin and Novoselytsia. According to the available and available archival documents for 1932 and June-October 1933, 100 surnames have been established. Until 18 July 2020, Bziv belonged to

Baryshivka Raion Baryshivka Raion ( uk, Баришівський район, translit.: ''Baryshivs’kyi raion'') was a raion in east-central Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Baryshivka. The raions a ...

. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Baryshivka Raion was merged into Brovary Raion.

Economy

In 1970, ''

The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR ''The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR'' ( uk, Історія міст і сіл Української РСР) is a Ukrainian encyclopedia, published in 26 volumes. It provides knowledge about the history of all populated places ...

'' encyclopedia noted the Morozov Poultry Farm in the area and that 19 rural workers had received government awards for achievements in the development of agriculture in the post-war years.

Landmarks

It contains the double-domed blue-green painted Saint Nicholas Church, a national Cultural Heritage Monument. It underwent restoration work in 1901 which was conducted by Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, to which the church belonged, and the church and the chapel became a single building. During WWII, Nazi prisoners were held in the church and it is one of only four wooden churches in the former Soviet Union built without nails to survive the war. Also of note in the village are the Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Bziv near the church and a thatched house, which are also Cultural Heritage monuments, and the Buynok Cultural Centre.

Transport

North of Bsiv there is Novotroianda railway station at Morozivka on the Kyiv-Poltava railway.

Notable people

* Alexander Serdyuk (1900-1988) - actor

References

{{Reflist Villages in Brovary Raion