Kalynopil
Katerynopil
Катеринопіль | |
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.svg)  Katerynopil Location of Katerynopil in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°56′06″N 30°58′52″E / 48.93500°N 30.98111°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province |  Cherkasy Oblast |
| District | Katerynopil Raion |
| Magdeburg rights | 1568 |
| Town status | 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Town Head | Serhiy Dymchuk[2] |
| Elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 5,513[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 20500 |
| Area code | +380 4742 |
| Website | katerynopil.com.ua |
Katerynopil (Ukrainian: Катеринопіль) is an urban-type settlement located in Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Katerynopil Raion (district). Population: 5,653 (2017 est.)[4]
Until 1795 it was a village and later a miasteczko of Kalnebłota, Kalnebłoto, Ukrainian: Калниболото, Kalnyboloto), [5] and after parts of Poland were incorporated into the Russian Empire, in 1797 it was renamed to Yekaterinopol (Russian: Екатеринополь) after the Russian tsarina Catherine the Great.[6]
Archaeologists have found remains of the ancient Trypillya culture on the territory of Katerynopil.[5] During the Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648–1654, Kalnyboloto was a sotnia town of the Korsun Cossack host.[7] On March 5, 1923, Katerynopil was given the status of an administrative center of its surrounding district.[5]
People from Katerynopil
- Semen Hryzlo (1887), Ukrainian military and civil activist, organizer of the Free Cossacks.[8]
- Wolf Ladejinsky (1899-1975), a prominent American economist, mastermind of the land reform of 1946 in Japan
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2019 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2019. стор.76
- ^ "Katerynopil, Cherkasy Oblast, Katerynopil Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Katerynopil (Cherkasy Oblast, Katerynopil Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "History of our village". Informational-reference site of Katerynopil village (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ p. 320
- ^ "Urban-type settlement of Katerynopil". Cities and villages of Ukraine. Cherkaschyna. 2007 (in Ukrainian). Who-is-Who.ua. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Famous Personas - Born in Katerynopil". Who-is-Who.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
External links
- "Katerynopil". Informational-reference site of Katerynopil village (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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