Zolochiv () is a

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Bohodukhiv Raion Bohodukhiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Bohodukhiv. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was ...

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. It hosts the administration of

Zolochiv settlement hromada Zolochiv () may refer to the following places in Ukraine: * Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, city in Lviv Oblast ** Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, a subdivision named for the city ** Zolochiv urban hromada, in the raion * Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast Zolochiv ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Population:

History

This settlement was founded in 1677. It was a town in Kharkov Uyezd of

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

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. A local newspaper is published here since 1931. During

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it was under German occupation from October 1941 to August 1943. In January 1989 the population was 12,878 people. In January 2013 the population was 9,012 people. Until 18 July 2020, Zolochiv was the administrative center of

Zolochiv Raion Zolochiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Zolochiv. Population: It was established in 1939. On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the numbe ...

. 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. The area of Zolochiv Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion. In 2022, Russian military expansion into Ukraine began, as a result of which the city ended up in the zone of the occupation of Russian troops. Only in mid-May 2022, Zolochiv was liberated by the Ukrainian military forces. It is the center of the Zolochiv community, which is actively shelled by Russian artillery. Until 26 January 2024, Zolochiv 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 Zolochiv became a rural settlement.

Transportation

А railway stationЗолочев // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 17. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1952. стр.166Золочев (пос. гор. типа в Харьковской обл.) // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 9. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972. is on the Southern railway.

Notable people

Oleksandr Lebedynets Oleksandr Lebedynets ( Ukrainian: Олександр Лебединець (born on 8 August 1984 in Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast) is a professional Ukrainian football player. He started his career for Metalist Kharkiv-2 and played there from 2001 ...

(born 1984), professional footballer *

Igor Vovchanchyn Igor Yaroslavovych Vovchanchyn (, ; born August 6, 1973) is a retired Ukrainian mixed martial artist and kickboxer, who competed in early Mixed martial arts, no holds barred MMA contests. After making his professional MMA debut in 1995, he won nin ...

(born 1973), mixed martial artist and kickboxer

References

{{Authority control Rural settlements in Bohodukhiv Raion Kharkovsky Uezd Bohodukhiv Raion