Hrynky () is a village in
Kremenchuk Raion
Kremenchuk Raion () is a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center is the city of Kremenchuk. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Polt ...
of
Poltava Oblast
Poltava Oblast (), also referred to as Poltavshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The capital city, administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava. Most of its territory was par ...
in
Ukraine
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. It belongs to
Hradyzk settlement hromada, one of the
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s of Ukraine.
History
Hrynky was formed in the late 17th/early 18th century by escaped serfs who settled here. In 1780, the village consisted of 53 huts, which grew to 189 households with 1245 residents by 1859.
Hrynky was previously located in the
Hlobyne Raion
Hlobyne Raion () was a raion (district) in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. The raion's administrative center was the city of Hlobyne. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the nu ...
until it was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Hlobyne Raion was merged into Kremenchuk Raion.
Geography
Hrynky is located not far north of the
Highway H08 on the T-1721 territorial road, northwest of
Hlobyne
Hlobyne (, ; ) is a city in Kremenchuk Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Hlobyne urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History
It was a village in Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.
...
, north of
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk (; , , also spelt Kremenchug, ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of Kremenchuk Raion and Kremenchuk urban hromada within ...
and west of
Poltava
Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...
.
Demographics
Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
* Ukrainian 97.37%
* Russian
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*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
2.5%
Notable people
*Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the central figure of Ukrainian music, with an ''oeuvre'' tha ...
(1842–1912), composer.
References
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Villages in Kremenchuk Raion