Bohdanivka, Pavlohrad Raion
Bohdanivka (Ukrainian: Богданiвка; Russian: Богдановка) is a village near Ternivka in Pavlohrad Raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine. The village has 3000 inhabitants and has a coal mine named for Samara River nearby.
Bohdanivka | |
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  Bohdanivka Location of Bogdanivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°29′56″N 36°06′26″E | |
| Country Oblast | Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Established | 1777 |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 5,016 |
| Postal code | 51464 |
| Area code(s) | ? |
In April 1930 the village was the centre of a quickly defeated pro-Ukrainian anti-Soviet Union revolt.[1]
The name Bohdanivka translates from Ukrainian word for God, bog combined with the suffix dano which translates to given, so is "given by God."
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- A Different Peasantry, The Ukrainian Week (6 May 2011)
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