Volodarka (Ukrainian: Володарка, Polish: Wołodarka) is a rural settlement located on the Ros River in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. The town is about 20 miles SSW of the city of Bila Tserkva. It hosts the administration of Volodarka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 5,708 (2022 estimate)[2]. In 2001, the population was 7,639.
Volodarka
Володарка | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Volodarka  Volodarka | |
| Coordinates: 49°31′12″N 29°54′55″E / 49.52°N 29.9153°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kyiv Oblast |
| Raion | Bila Tserkva Raion |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2022) | 5,708 |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 09301 |
History
editIn 1900, there were 2,079 Jews living in Volodarka.[3] Nearly all of the town's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including in a mass killing in the Volodarka town park, where they were forced to dig their own graves before being shot and buried there, in July 1941.[4]
The Battle of Wołodarka took place nearby in May, 1920.
Until 18 July 2020, Volodarka was the administrative center of Volodarka 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 Volodarka Raion was merged into Bila Tserkva Raion.[5][6]
Until 26 January 2024, Volodarka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Volodarka became a rural settlement.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Володарская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "JewishGen Locality Page - Volodarka, Ukraine". Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Murder story of Volodarka Jews in the Volodarka Town Park". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.