Prolisne (Ukrainian: Пролісне), formerly Chkalovske (Ukrainian: Чкаловське, Russian: Чкаловское) is a rural settlement in Chuhuiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located in the steppe east of the city of Chuhuiv and west of Kupiansk. Prolisne hosts the administration of Chkalovske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The settlement's population is 3,664 (2022 estimate)[2]
Prolisne
Пролісне | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Prolisne Location in Kharkiv Oblast  Prolisne Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′02″N 36°56′02″E / 49.71722°N 36.93389°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Raion | Chuhuiv Raion |
| Hromada | Chkalovske settlement hromada |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 3,664 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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History
edit2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
editFrom 16 March to 8 September, Chkalovske was occupied by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
Until 26 January 2024, Chkalovske was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Chkalovske became a rural settlement.[4]
On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Chkalovske to Prolisne.[5]
Economy
editTransportation
editProlisnyi railway station is located in Prolisne. It is on the railway connecting Kharkiv and Kupiansk via Chuhuiv. There is regular passenger traffic.
The settlement has road access to Highway M03 connecting Kharkiv and Sloviansk as well as to Highway H23 connecting Kharkiv and Sievierodonetsk via Kupiansk.
References
edit- ^ "Чкаловская 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.
- ^ Гецко, Валерія (2022-03-16). ""Люди пригнічені": голова окупованого Чкаловського — про ситуацію в громаді". Суспільне | Новини (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
- ^ Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions]. Retrieved 2024-09-19.