Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast

Shevchenkove (Ukrainian: Шевченкове; Russian: Шевченково) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast. It serves as the administrative center of Shevchenkove Raion. Population: 6,780 (2020 est.)[1]

This article is about an urban-type settlement in Kharkiv Oblast. For other populated places in Ukraine, see Shevchenkove.
Bust of Taras Shevchenko, Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast.

Main railway station in Schevchenkove is Schevchenkove-South.

History

It started in 1860 as a village named Bulacelovka after the owner of that land, Bulacel. It was located in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.

A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.[2]

During World War II it was under German occupation from February 1942 to February 1943.

Urban-type settlement since 1957.[3]

In January 1989 the population was 7856 people.[4]

In January 2013 the population was 7100 people.[5]

In January 2018 the population was 6875 people.[6]

The settlement contains a railway station[3] and a three-star hotel,[7] the Kharkov.

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. № 3164. Вперёд // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986—1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.414
  3. Шевченково // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 29. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1978.
  4. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  5. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.100
  6. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2018 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2018. стор.70
  7. Ukraine Industrial


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