Dobrovelychkivka (Ukrainian: Добровеличківка) is a settlement in Novoukrainka Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, southern Ukraine. Dobrovelychkivka hosts the administration of Dobrovelychkivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population of the settlement is 5,358 (2022 estimate).[2]
Dobrovelychkivka
Добровеличківка | |
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  Dobrovelychkivka .svg) Dobrovelychkivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°21′N 31°10′E / 48.35°N 31.17°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kirovohrad Oblast |
| Raion | Novoukrainka Raion |
| Hromada | Dobrovelychkivka settlement hromada |
| Established | 18 December 1776 |
| Founded by | Major Velychkivskyi |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 5,358 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 27000-27005 |
It hosts a regional bazaar on Wednesday and Friday mornings, and is noted for being the purported geographical center of Ukraine.
History
editThe settlement was founded as a khutir in 1776 by Major Velychkivskyi who sold it next year to poruchik Revutskyi.
Until 1883 it was known as Revutske.
Until World War I, in the settlement existed a female teacher seminary, which in 1916 graduated a wife of Nestor Makhno, Halyna Kuzmenko.
Dobrovelychkivka was occupied by Nazi Germany on 1 August 1941 during World War II. Jewish homes were soon registered and marked with Stars of David. In late December 1941, all Jews from the town were taken to the village of Maryevka and shot to death. Dobrovelychkivka was liberated from Nazi Germany by the Red Army on 17 March 1944.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Dobrovelychkivka was the administrative center of Dobrovelychkivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kirovohrad Oblast to four. The area of Dobrovelychkivka Raion was merged into Novoukrainka Raion.[4][5]
Until 26 January 2024, Dobrovelychkivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Dobrovelychkivka became a rural settlement.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Добровеличковская 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.
- ^ ‘’ https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14622057-Dobrovelichkovka Untold Stories: Murder Sites of Jews in Occupied Territories of the USSR, Yad Vashem
- ^ "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.