Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion,

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administ ...

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. It hosts the administration of

Biliaivka urban hromada Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the

Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

Delta, on the left bank of the Turunchuk River.

Lake Safyany Safyany ( uk, Саф'яни, translit=Safiany) is a lake in the south-western Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to ...

is located near by the city. Population:

History

The populated place (village at that time) was founded by the

Ukrainian Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...

after the elimination of the

Zaporizhian Sich The Zaporozhian Sich ( ua, Запорозька Січ, ; also uk, Вольностi Вiйська Запорозького Низового, ; Free lands of the Zaporozhian Host the Lower) was a semi-autonomous polity and proto-state of C ...

. The village called Holovkivka was first mentioned in 1792. The settlers from the Poltava region were moved here in 1794. The first name of the settlement originated from the name of famous Ukrainian Cossack leader, cossack general judge

Antin Holovaty Antin Holovaty ( ua, Антiн Андрійович Головатий) or Anton Golovaty (russian: Антон Андреевич Головатый) ; between 1732 and 1744 – January 28, 1797 was a prominent Zaporozhian Cossack leader who ...

. There are several versions of the name origin, but all the versions are connected with his name. The village started to be a volost administrative center in

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 ...

county in 1886. It had a population of 2917 people with 250 farmyards. There were two Orthodox churches, schools, six shops, and markets. The river crossing over the Turunchuk River was here. The settlement gained town status on 2 January 1957, and city status in 1975. Until 2016, Biliaivka was part of

Biliaivka Raion Biliaivka Raion ( uk, Біляївський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the city of Biliaivka, which had a status of the city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raio ...

, center of

Biliaivka Municipality Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the ...

, and the administrative center of the raion. On 28 January 2016, it was designated the city of oblast significance but remained the administrative center of the raion. The municipality was abolished as administrative unit on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of

was merged into Odesa Raion. Besides the

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

, the city of Biliaivka has a significant number of

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

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and Romani.

Gallery

File:Red church in Bilyayivka.jpg, The Saint Nicholas church File:The Church in Bilyayivka.jpg, The Dormition church File:Memorial, Bilyayivka.jpg, The World War II memorial in the downtown File:Boat Station in Bilyayivka.jpg, The boat station File:Safyany Lake, Biliayivka.jpg, View from

References

External links

Інформаційний портал Біляївки
* Аліса Ложешник. Спадок родини Антона Андрійовича Головатого – військового судді Чорноморського козацького війська.

(На основі матеріалів енциклопедичного видання про історію міст та сіл України, том – Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Одеська область. – К.: Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР, 1969. – 911 с.)
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