Kovalivka, Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast

Kovalivka Ковалівка
Village
Kovalivka
View on the village over a pond
Kovalivka Kovalivka
Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 30°00′47″E
Oblast	Kiev Oblast
Raion	Vasylkiv Raion
Established	1501
Population
• Total	1,500
Postal code	08652
Area code	+380 4571

This article is about a village in Vasylkiv Raion. For other populated places in Ukraine with the same name, see Kovalivka.

Kovalivka (Ukrainian: Ковалівка) is a village of Vasylkiv Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine. The village is administered by its own rural council. The population is approximately 1,500.

History

The village was established in 1501 by a legendary blacksmith Myna Nazarenko. In 1753 here was built a wooden church of St. Volodymyr dedicated to Vladimir the Great. In 1797 Kovalivka became a center of volost within the Vasylkiv county. During the Soviet period, the village housed the Shchors collective farm (kolkhoz) which after dissolution of the Soviet Union was reorganized into an agro firm "Svitanok".

Since 1985 Kovalivka is dominated by a local agrarian company "Svitanok" (meaning "Dawn"), formerly "Shchors Kolkhoz" which is controlled by the Zasukha family (Anatoliy and Tetiana). In 1996 in the village was built a Church of Nativity of the Theotokos (Russian Orthodox Church). In 2007 in Kovalivka started to be built a convent of St.Anastasia dedicated to the Russian Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), UOC-MP). Since 2009 Kovalivka hosts ethnic festival "Zhnyva" (Reaping). In 2014 in the village was opened the Church of St.Tetiana dedicated to Tatiana of Rome (UOC-MP).

Geography

The village is located over a pond that was created on the Kamianka River which is a tributary of Ros River.

Points of interest

• Kolos Stadium, a home stadium of the local football club FC Kolos Kovalivka

External links

• Information about the village on tutbuv.com
• Profile at the Verkhovna Rada website