Shevchenkove (, ) is a
rural settlement
The definition of a rural settlement depends on the country, in some countries, a rural settlement is any settlement in the areas defined as rural by a governmental office, e.g., by the national census bureau. This may include even rural towns. ...
in
Kupiansk Raion
Kupiansk Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kupiansk. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Ob ...
,
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
,
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Shevchenkove 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.
Population:
The main railway station in Schevchenkove is Schevchenkove-South.
History
It started in 1896 as a village named Bulacelovka after the owner of that land, Bulacel. It was located in
Kharkov Governorate
Kharkov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Uk ...
of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
.
A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
it was under German occupation from February 1942 to February 1943.
Shevchenkove has been considered an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
since 1957.
[Шевченково // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 29. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1978.]
In January 1989 the population was 7,856 people, by January 2013 the population was 7,100 people, and by January 2018 the population was 6,875 people. In February 2024, the population was about 4 thousand people, which was 60% of the pre-war population.
The settlement contains a railway station
and a three-star hotel, the Kharkiv.
Until 18 July 2020, Shevchenkove was the administrative center of
Shevchenkove Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven, and the area of Shevchenkove Raion was merged into
Kupiansk Raion
Kupiansk Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kupiansk. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Ob ...
.
Shevchenkove was occupied by Russian forces on 26 February 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
. After over six months of occupation, the Ukrainian military
recaptured the settlement on 7 September 2022.
Until 26 January 2024, Shevchenkove was designated
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Shevchenkove became a rural settlement.
Gallery
File:Bust of Taras Shevchenko, Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast.JPG, Bust of Taras Shevchenko, Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast
File:UA TDF in liberated Shevchenkove.jpg, Soldiers of the Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine (the 112th Brigade
References
External links
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Embassy of Ukraine to the State of Israel{{Authority control
Rural settlements in Kupiansk Raion