Kódyma ( uk, Ко́дима, ; ro, Codâma) is a city in

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) of central

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, located in the historic region of

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, south-eastern Podilia. Population:

Description

Kodyma is named after a river Kodyma, on which it is located. On maps of the 16th century of Wenceslaus Grodecki there is a region identified as "Codima solitudo, uastissima" (a very vast desert). The area is located around the mid-stream of Southern Bug. It is believed that the Kodyma's etymology of Turkic origin and means a lower saturated with water place.Historical note (Історична довідка (Кодимщина))

Kodyma Raion Kodyma Raion ( uk, Кодимський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which ...

website.Mochar (мочар)
Ukrainian language dictionary of Borys Hrinchenko. In the Polish Geographic dictionary (Słownik geograficzny) it is mentioned as a small town (miasteczko) in Balta county and has a train station on the

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

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Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

railroad. The city foundation date is stated as 1754, however according to the Geographic Dictionary Kodyma as a real estate existed before and belonged to the family of Zamoyski. Later it transferred to the family of Koniecpolski after Johanna Barabara Zamoyska married Aleksander Koniecpolski. In 1694 Cossacks of

Semen Paliy Semen Paliy ( uk, Семен Палiй, pl, Semen Palej) (c. 1645 – 1710) was a Ukrainian Cossack polkovnyk (colonel). Born in Chernihiv region, Paliy settled in Zaporizhian Sich at a very young age and gained fame as a brave fighter and ...

defeated a Tatar army at the battle of Kodyma. The modern city of Kodyma was founded by Józef Lubomirski (son of Jerzy Aleksander Lubomirski) in 1754.

Notable people

Leon Feinberg Leon Feinberg (February 6, 1897 – January 22, 1969) was a Ukrainian-born Jewish-American Yiddish poet, writer, and journalist. Life Feinberg was born on February 6, 1897, in Kodyma, Russia. Feinberg attended religious primary school until h ...

, Jewish-American Yiddish poet and journalist, was born in Kodyma *

Stanisław Skalski Stanisław Skalski, (27 November 1915 – 12 November 2004) was a Polish aviator and fighter ace who served with the Polish Air Force and British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Skalski was the top Polish fighter ace of the war and ...

, a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, was born in Kodyma

Useful information and administration links

Travel guide and useful informationInformation and news siteKodyma City Council website

References

External links

* Cities in Odesa Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Baltsky Uyezd Cities in Podilsk Raion {{Odessa-geo-stub