Bilohorodka, Kyiv Oblast

Bilohorodka (Ukrainian: Білогородка) is a city in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast of north Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Bilohorodka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine,^[1] formed on 12 June 12 2020 and including nine neighbouring villages: Bobrytsia, Horenytsia, Myzychi, Sviatopetrivske, Hnativka, Stoianka, Shevchenko, Nehrashi, and Luka.^[2]

Bilohorodka Білогородка
City
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Coordinates: 50°23′39″N 30°13′53″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kyiv Oblast
Raion	Bucha Raion
Hromada	Bilohorodka rural hromada
Founded	980 A.D.
Rural Council	Bilohorodka Rural Council
Area	55 km2 (21 sq mi)
Elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Population  (2023)	27.000
• Density	1.067/km2 (2.76/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	08140
Area code	+380 4598

One of the nine component villages, Hnativka, is perhaps better known by its Hebrew and Yiddish name Anatevka, and is the site of a modern-day refugee village which was named after the fictional town of Anatevka from the Sholem Aleichem stories, including Fiddler on the Roof, stories which were set in this same area of the former Kiev Gubernia.

History

Further information: Bilhorod Kyivskyi

Remains of Bilhorod Castle in the modern village of Bilohorodka

Volodymyr the Great Monument of Bilohorodka

The village was established in 980 as the legendary city-castle Bilhorod Kyivskyi, located in Kyivan Rus'. It was located on the right bank of Irpin River and was mentioned in chronicles.^[3][4][5]

Until 18 July 2020, Bilohorodka belonged to Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha, Fastiv, and Obukhiv Raions, with Bilohorodka being transferred to Bucha Raion.^[6][7]

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 152 metres and covers an area of 55 km^². It has a population of about 12000 people (2022).

References

1. "Белгородская громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
2. Kitsoft. "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Київської області". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
3. Віталій Непомящих. Вивчення історії дослідження Білгорода Київського Інститут археології НАН України. – Київ, 2017.(in Ukrainian)
4. Мезенцева Г.Г. Про топографію стародавнього Білгорода. – Український історичний журнал, 1968 р., № 8, с. 114 – 117.
5. "➤ Білогородка Цікаві місця • Пам'ятки • Що подивитись у Білогородка?". Україна Інкогніта (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
6. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
7. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.