Katerynopil

Katerynopil (Ukrainian: Катеринопіль) is an urban-type settlement located in Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Katerynopil urban hromada, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[4] Population: 5,443 (2020 est.)[3]

Katerynopil Катеринопіль
Urban-type settlement
Flag Coat of arms
Katerynopil Location of Katerynopil in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°56′06″N 30°58′52″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Cherkasy Oblast
District	Zvenyhorodka Raion
Magdeburg rights	1568
Town status	1965
Government
• Town Head	Serhiy Dymchuk[1]
Elevation [2]	139 m (456 ft)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	5,443
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	20500
Area code	+380 4742

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]

Until 18 July 2020, Katerynopil served as an administrative center of Katerynopil Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Katerynopil Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.[7][8]

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.[9] 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.[10]
• Wolf Ladejinsky (1899-1975), a prominent American economist, mastermind of the land reform of 1946 in Japan

References

1. "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.
2. "Katerynopil (Cherkasy Oblast, Katerynopil Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 January 2012.
3. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
4. "Катеринопольская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
5. "History of our village". Informational-reference site of Katerynopil village (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
6. p. 320
7. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
8. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
9. "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.
10. "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.