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Vovchansk
Vovchansk ( uk, Вовчанськ, ) is a Ukrainian city in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast (province). It hosts the administration of Vovchansk hromada (urban settlement), one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The settlement was settled in 1674 when a territory of Belgorod Monastery was provided to Ukrainian settlers from Dnieper Ukraine led by Martyn Starochudny.Petro Tronko. Vovchansk (ВОВЧАНСЬК)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2003 The settlement was named as Vovche and designated as a guarding settlement. In April 1780 it was officially renamed as Vovchansk and became an administrative centre of Volchansk uyezd in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. The year 1780 is considered by the Verkhovna Rada as the official date of the city establishment. Between 1674 and 1780 a lot of changes took place and the borders of the Russian Empire moved away from the settlement. In 1896 a Belgorod – Donbas railroad was installed through the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Vovchansk
FC Vovchansk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Вовчанськ») is a Ukraine, Ukrainian football (soccer), football club from Vovchansk. The club represents a local machine-building and equipment factory. Vovchansk is a Ukrainian adaption and official name of the city where the club is from, while the club calls itself only in Russian manner Volchansk. On June 2021, the club was admitted to the Second League, yet still in March no such plans existed. History The club was created in 1992. It was not until 1996 when the club made to top flight of the Kharkiv Oblast football championship (regional level).ФК ВОВЧАНСЬК (ХАРКІВСЬКА ОБЛ.) . www.aafu.org.ua. Its first notable achievement came in 2003 when Vovchansk became the 3rd place runner-up of regional co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vovchansk Raion
Vovchansk Raion () was a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the town of Vovchansk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Vovchansk Raion was, together with Pechenihy and Zmiiv Raions, merged into Chuhuiv Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromada: * Staryi Saltiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Staryi Saltiv; * Vovchansk urban hromada with the administration in Vovchansk. Geography ;Cities: *Vovchansk Vovchansk ( uk, Вовчанськ, ) is a Ukrainian city in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast (province). It hosts the administration of Vovchansk hromada (urban settlement), one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The settlemen ... ;Urban-type settlements: * Bilyi Kolod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuhuiv Raion
Chuhuiv Raion () is a ''raion'' (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chuhuiv. The population in 2021 was On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Chuhuiv Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Pechenihy, Vovchansk, and Zmiiv Raions, as well as the city of Chuhuiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Chuhuiv Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas: * Chkalovske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chkalovske, retained from Chuhuiv Raion; * Chuhuiv urban hromada, transferred from Chuhuiv Municipality; * Malynivka settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilcha, Kharkiv Oblast
Vilcha ( uk, Вільча) is a Ukrainian urban-type settlement in Chuhuiv Raion (prior to 2020 in Vovchansk Raion) in Kharkiv Oblast.Vilcha on Verkhovna Rada website It belongs to Vovchansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The , sometimes named ''New Vilcha'', was founded in 1993,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volchansky Uyezd
Volchansky Uyezd (russian: Волчанский уезд; uk, Вовчанський повіт, translit=Vovchanskyi povit) was an uyezd (district) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. History This uyezd was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The administrative centre of uyezd was small town Volchansk. Since 1781 Volchansk got its own coat of arms. The uyezd had one town (Volchansk) and consisted of 14 volosts. In the 1890s, the railway was built through the uyezd and the Volchansk railway station was built in 1896 in Volchansk. In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the uyezd was 166 787 people. By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, the uyezd was transformed into ''Vovchansk Raion''. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Volchansky Uyezd had a population of 166,787. Of these, 74.8% spoke Ukrainian and 25.0% Russian Russian(s) refers to anything re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volchansk Uyezd
Volchansky Uyezd (russian: Волчанский уезд; uk, Вовчанський повіт, translit=Vovchanskyi povit) was an uyezd (district) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. History This uyezd was created on April 25, 1780 by order of the Empress Catherine the Great. The administrative centre of uyezd was small town Volchansk. Since 1781 Volchansk got its own coat of arms. The uyezd had one town (Volchansk) and consisted of 14 volosts. In the 1890s, the railway was built through the uyezd and the Volchansk railway station was built in 1896 in Volchansk. In January 1897, according to the Russian Empire Census, the population of the uyezd was 166 787 people. By the Soviet administrative reform of 1923, the uyezd was transformed into ''Vovchansk Raion''. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Volchansky Uyezd had a population of 166,787. Of these, 74.8% spoke Ukrainian and 25.0% Russian Russian(s) refers to anything r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Counteroffensive
The 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive is a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory of Kharkiv Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, and Luhansk Oblast, that was launched on 6 September 2022. Following the launch of the Ukrainian southern counteroffensive in Kherson in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in Eastern Ukraine. As of 17 October 2022, Ukraine had retaken over 500 settlements and 12,000 square kilometers of territory in the Kharkiv region. Background Russian offensives in the first months of its invasion of Ukraine left large swathes of the Kharkiv Oblast under Russian control, including the key logistical hubs of Izium and Kupiansk. The majority of Kharkiv Oblast remained within Ukrainian control, however, including the city of Kharkiv, where the Russian military continuously bombarded with rocket, artillery, and cluster munition until August. Ukrainian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Balcerzan
Edward Balcerzan (born in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, 13 October 1937) is a Polish literary critic, poet, prose writer, and translator.Information from the Polish Wikipedia, accessed 29 June 2009, 02:56. Awards *1971 – nagroda czasopisma "Odra" za książkę ''Oprócz głosu. Szkice krytycznoliterackie''. PIW, Warszawa 1971 *1989 – nagroda Fundacji Literatury za książkę ''Poezja polska w latach 1939–1965, cz. II: Ideologie artystyczne''. WSiP, Warszawa 1988 *1992 — nagroda Fundacji A. Jurzykowskiego w Nowym Jorku w dziedzinie teorii literatury za ''Przygody człowieka książkowego.'' (''Ogólne i szczególne''). PEN, Warszawa 1990 *1998 – nagroda Polskiego PEN Clubu za ''Śmiech pokoleń – płacz pokoleń''. Universitas, Kraków 1997 *1998 – nagroda " Literatury na Świecie" za książkę ''Literatura z literatury (strategie tłumaczy). Studia o przekładzie'' pod red. Piotra Fasta, Nr 6. "Śląsk", Katowice 1998. Poetry *1960 – ''Morze, pergamin i ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
Alexandra Gavrilovna Snezhko-Blotskaya (Russian: Александра Гавриловна Снежко-Блоцкая, 21 February 1909 in Volchansk, Russian Empire – 29 December 1980 in Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) was a Soviet animated film director. She was a longtime collaborator with Ivan Ivanov-Vano. Biography Snezhko-Blotskaya was born in Volchansk near Kharkov (modern Ukraine), before her family moved to Shatura, near Moscow. There she graduated from art studios of Ivan Rerberg and Ilya Mashkov. Snezhko-Blotskaya started her film career as designer for Soyuzkinokhronika in 1932. Since 1936, she became a constant collaborator and aide to Ivan Ivanov-Vano, a patriarch of Russian animation. Snezhko-Blotskaya participated as a co-director in many of his films including famous The Humpbacked Horse and The Snow Maiden. Her first solo feature-length film was The Enchanted Boy (1955), based on The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf. Most of Snezhko-Blotskaya' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orest Somov
Orest Mikhailovich Somov (Russian and uk, Орест Михайлович Сомов, romanized Ukrainian standard: ''Orest Mykhailovych Somov/Somiv'') ( – ) was a Russian romantic writer of Ukrainian origin. He studied at Kharkiv University, where he became an admirer of Romantic literature and Gothic fiction. In 1817 he moved to Saint Petersburg where he continued his literary career. In addition to being a writer and translator, he established himself as a critic, editor and publisher, thus becoming one of the first professional men of letters in the Russian Empire. Somov was drawn to the folklore of his native Ukraine and much of his writing refers to Ukrainian history and folklore. Somov was a popular writer during his lifetime. His works on Ukrainian themes made a big impact on the literary canon of the 1820s. His literary works were widely read and his critical opinion was highly regarded. However, after Somov's death, his name and works were consigned to oblivion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Towns Built In The Sloboda Ukraine
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of District Significance In Ukraine
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
