Drabiv ( uk, Драбів) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
located in
Zolotonosha Raion
Zolotonosha Raion is a Raions of Ukraine, raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located at the city of Zolotonosha. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...
of
Cherkasy Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast ( uk, Черка́ська о́бласть, Cherkaska oblast, ), also referred to as Cherkashchyna ( uk, Черка́щина, ) is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center ...
(
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
) in central
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Drabiv settlement hromada
Drabiv ( uk, Драбів) is an urban-type settlement located in Zolotonosha Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Drabiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Until 18 ...
, 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.
Population:
Until 18 July 2020, Drabiv served as an administrative center of
Drabiv Raion
Drabiv Raion ( uk, Драбівський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the urban-type settlement of Drabiv. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Drabiv Raion was merged into Zolotonosha Raion.
The settlement is located in the upper reaches of the
Zolotonoshka river, a tributary of the Dnipro, from the regional center town –
Cherkasy
Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the Capital city, capital of Cherkasy Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (Raion, district) within the oblast. The c ...
, from Drabovo-Bariatynske railway station.
History
The first written mention about Drabiv was made in 1680th year, when rich
cossack
The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
and later
Pereyaslav Colonel Ivan Myrovych had taken lands with small
khutir
A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single-homestead settlement. , (which was there for a long time before) from a free military
steppe
In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the temperate grasslands, ...
on the river Zolotonoshka. Myrovych appealed to Czar to issue him a deed for ownership of the estate. In 1691 he received the deed on the khutir with pond, forest, pastures and hayfields.
In 1707 khutir consisted of 7 houses. During the
Northern war Ivan Myrovych's son – Fedir Myrovych, together with
Mazepa
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (also spelled Mazeppa; uk, Іван Степанович Мазепа, pl, Jan Mazepa Kołodyński; ) was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687–1708. ...
joined the Swedish side. After Sweden's defeat, in accordance with the decree issued by
Peter I Peter I may refer to:
Religious hierarchs
* Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–88 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus
* Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint
* Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholico ...
in 1718, all estates of Myrovych's family, including khutir Drabiv were transferred to
duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
Kantakuzen.
In 1738 the widow of Kantakuzen handed over Drabiv to the Czar's treasury. In 1775
Catherine II
, en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes
, house =
, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...
granted Drabiv into the eternal and hereditary possession of count
Peter Zavadovsky.
In 1843 Zavadovsky family sold Drabiv to Baryatynsky.
In 1848 Drabiv was granted the status of a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
, it becomes the
volost
Volost ( rus, во́лость, p=ˈvoləsʲtʲ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
In earlier East Slavic history, ''volost'' was a name for the territory ruled by the knyaz, a principality; either as an absolute ...
center with 4700 residents.
In January 1989 the population was 7713 people.
In January 2013 the population was 6705 people.
People from Drabiv
*
Yevhen Novak (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
*
Oleh Synyohub (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090203090601/http://oblrada.ck.ua/drabiv/index.htm
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Urban-type settlements in Zolotonosha Raion
Zolotonoshsky Uyezd