Bilotserkivskyi Raion
Encyclopedia
Bila Tserkva Raion is a raion
(district
) in Kiev Oblast
of Ukraine
. Its administrative center is Bila Tserkva
. The raions area totals 1,276.8 km².
), 1 town
(Terezyne) and 58 villages. The settlements of Bila Tserkva Raion are:
Various monuments of architecture located within the raion's territory include:
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
(district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
) in Kiev Oblast
Kiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...
of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. Its administrative center is Bila Tserkva
Bila Tserkva
Bila Tserkva is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine, approximately south of the capital, Kiev. Population 203,300 Area 34 km².-Administrative status:...
. The raions area totals 1,276.8 km².
Subdivisions
Bila Tserkva Raion consists of 1 city (UzynUzyn
Uzyn is a city in Bilotserkivskyi Raion of Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 12,588 , and covers an area of ....
), 1 town
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
(Terezyne) and 58 villages. The settlements of Bila Tserkva Raion are:
- Bakaly
- Bloschyntsi
- Bykova Hreblia
- Chepyliivka
- Cherkas
- Cherkas
- Chmyrivka
- Chupyra
- Drozdy
- Fastivka
- Fesiury
- Fursy
- Haiok
- Hlushky
- Hlybochka
- Horodysche
- Ivanivka
- Khrapachi
- Klochky
- Korzhivka
- Kozhenyky
- Krasne
- Liudvynivka
- Makiivka
- Mala Antonivka
- Mala Skvyrka
- Mala Vilshanka
- Matiushi
- Mazepyntsi
- Mezhove
- Mykhailivka
- Odnorih
- Oliinykova Sloboda
- Ostriiky
- Ozerna
- Pavlivka
- Pischana
- Popravka
- Potiivka
- Pylypcha
- Rozaliivka
- Scherbaky
- Shkarivka
- Skrebyshi
- Sorokotiahy
- Stepok
- Sukholisy
- Sydory
- Tarasivka
- Terezyne
- Tomylivka
- Trushky
- UzynUzynUzyn is a city in Bilotserkivskyi Raion of Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 12,588 , and covers an area of ....
- Vasyliv
- Verbova
- Vilna Tarasivka
- Volodymyrivka
- Yablunivka
- Yosypivka
- Zatysha
Notable buildings
- Monument to Ivan MazepaIvan MazepaIvan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...
, 1991 in the village of Mazepyntsi. - Church Zishestia Sviatoho Dukha, 1750 in the village of Shkarivka.
- Church Sviatoi Paraskevy, 1903 in the village of Oliinykova SlobodaSlobodaSloboda was a kind of settlement in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be vaguely translated as "free settlement"....
. - Church of the Wives of Myronosyts, 1893 in the village of Sorokotiahy.
- Cathedral of the Saint Ioanna Khrestytelia in Bila Tserkva.
- Mykhailivska Church, 1891 in Bila Tserkva.
- Preobrazhenska Churchm, 1849 in the village of Sukholisy.
- Oleksandriia Park, 1793-1797 in Bila Tserkva.
- Zymovyi (Winter) Palace in Bila Tserkva.
Notable residents
Famous people from the territory that is now known as the Bilotserkivskyi Raion include:- Ivan MazepaIvan MazepaIvan Stepanovych Mazepa , Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him...
, from Bila TserkvaBila TserkvaBila Tserkva is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine, approximately south of the capital, Kiev. Population 203,300 Area 34 km².-Administrative status:...
, was a CossackCossackCossacks are a group of predominantly East Slavic people who originally were members of democratic, semi-military communities in what is today Ukraine and Southern Russia inhabiting sparsely populated areas and islands in the lower Dnieper and Don basins and who played an important role in the...
HetmanHetmanHetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
of the HetmanateCossack HetmanateThe Hetmanate or Zaporizhian Host was the Ruthenian Cossack state in the Central Ukraine between 1649 and 1782.The Hetmanate was founded by first Ukrainian hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky during the Khmelnytsky Uprising . In 1654 it pledged its allegiance to Muscovy during the Council of Pereyaslav,...
in Left-bank UkraineLeft-bank UkraineLeft-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of the Kiev and Cherkasy....
, in 1687–1708. - Pavel PopovichPavel Popovich- Biography :He was born in Uzyn, Kiev Oblast of Soviet Union . to Roman Porfirievich Popovich and Theodosia Kasyanovna Semyonov. He had two sisters and two brothers ....
, from UzynUzynUzyn is a city in Bilotserkivskyi Raion of Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 12,588 , and covers an area of ....
, is a SovietSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
cosmonaut of UkrainianUkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
descent, arguably the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space.