Bila Tserkva Raion
Bila Tserkva Raion
Білоцерківський район | |
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| Білоцерківський район (Bilotserkivskyi raion) | |
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| Coordinates: 49°51′6″N 30°8′4″E / 49.85167°N 30.13444°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Kyiv Oblast |
| Established | 1930 |
| Admin. center | Bila Tserkva |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Government | |
| • Governor | Roman Ivanovych Pluhator |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,276.8 km2 (493.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 48,440 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 075 |
| Area code | 380-4563 |
| Website | kyiv-obl.gov.ua |
Bila Tserkva Raion (Ukrainian: Білоцерківський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bila Tserkva, which is separately incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. The raions area totals 1,276.8 km². Population: 48,440 (2020 est.)[1].
Subdivisions
Bila Tserkva Raion consists of 1 city (Uzyn), 1 urban-type settlement (Terezyne) and 58 villages. The settlements of Bila Tserkva Raion are:
- Bakaly
- Bloschyntsi
- Bykova Hreblia
- Chepyliivka
- Cherkas
- Cherkas
- Chmyrivka
- Chupyra
- Drozdy
- Fastivka
- Fesiury
- Fursy
- Haiok
- Hlushky
- Hlybochka
- Horodysche
- Ivanivka
- Khrapachi
- Klochky
- Korzhivka
- Kozhenyky
- Krasne
- Liudvynivka
- Makiivka
- Mala Antonivka
- Mala Skvyrka
- Mala Vilshanka
- Matiushi
- Mazepyntsi
- Mezhove
- Mykhailivka
- Odnorih
- Oliinykova Sloboda
- Ostriiky
- Ozerna
- Pavlivka
- Pischana
- Popravka
- Potiivka
- Pylypcha
- Rozaliivka
- Scherbaky
- Shkarivka
- Skrebyshi
- Sorokotiahy
- Stepok
- Sukholisy
- Sydory
- Tarasivka
- Terezyne
- Tomylivka
- Trushky
- Uzyn
- Vasyliv
- Verbova
- Vilna Tarasivka
- Volodymyrivka
- Yablunivka
- Yosypivka
- Zatysha
Notable buildings
Various monuments of architecture located within the raion's territory include:
- Monument to Ivan Mazepa, 1991 in the village of Mazepyntsi.
- Church Zishestia Sviatoho Dukha, 1750 in the village of Shkarivka.
- Church Sviatoi Paraskevy, 1903 in the village of Oliinykova Sloboda.
- Church of the Wives of Myronosyts, 1893 in the village of Sorokotiahy.
- Cathedral of the Saint Ioanna Khrestytelia in Bila Tserkva.
- Mykhailivska Church, 1891 in Bila Tserkva.
- Preobrazhenska Church, 1849 in the village of Sukholisy.
- Oleksandriia Park, 1793-1797 in Bila Tserkva.
- Zymovyi (Winter) Palace in Bila Tserkva.
Notable residents
Famous people from the territory that is now known as the Bilotserkivskyi Raion include:
- Ivan Mazepa, from Bila Tserkva, was a Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, in 1687–1708.
- Pavel Popovich, from Uzyn, is a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent, arguably the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space.
See also
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
External links
- kyiv-obl.gov.ua - Information about the Bila Tserkva Raion (in Ukrainian)
- Verkhovna Rada website - Administrative divisions of the Bila Tserkva Raion (in Ukrainian)
- heraldry.com.ua - Heraldry of the raion (in Ukrainian)