Khrystynivka ( uk, Христи́нівка, ; russian: Христи́новка, Khristínovka) is a city in
Uman Raion
Uman Raion ( uk, Уманський район, translit.: ''Umans'kyi raion'') is a raion (district) in the west of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uman. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as p ...
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 ...
) of
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. It hosts the administration of
Khrystynivka urban hromada
Khrystynivka ( uk, Христи́нівка, ; russian: Христи́новка, Khristínovka) is a city in Uman Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Khrystynivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of ...
, 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:
Administrative status
Until 18 July, 2020, Khrystynivka served as an administrative center of
Khrystynivka Raion
Khrystynivka Raion ( uk, Христинівський район) was a raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at the town of Khrystynivka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of th ...
. 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 Khrystynivka Raion was merged into Uman Raion.
History
It is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 4000–3600 BC belonging to the
Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was very large for its time, covering an area of 100 hectares. This proto-city is one of just 2,440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 BC and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.
See also
*
List of cities in Ukraine
This is a complete list of cities in Ukraine. On 1 January 2022, there were 461 cities ( uk, місто, ''misto'') in Ukraine. City status is granted by the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. The city status is only partially related to th ...
References
{{Authority control
Cities in Cherkasy Oblast
Cities of district significance in Ukraine
Umansky Uyezd
Cucuteni–Trypillia culture