Karlivka

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Karliwka (disambiguation) .

Karlivka
Карлівка
	Karlivka
Basic data
Oblast :	Poltava Oblast
Rajon :	Karlivka district
Height :	91 m
Area :	15.59 km²
Residents :	17,063 (January 1, 2006)
Population density :	1,094 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	39500
Area code :	+380 5346
Geographic location :	49 ° 27 '  N , 35 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '0 "  N , 35 ° 7' 0"  E
KOATUU :	5321610100
Administrative structure :	1 city , 2 settlements
Address:	вул. Леніна 54 39500 м. Карлівка
Statistical information
Karlivka

Karlivka ( Ukrainian Карлівка ; Russian Карловка Karlovka ) is a city in central Ukraine Poltava on the river bank Ortschyk . It is the administrative seat of the Rajons of the same name and is administratively divided into the city and the 2 settlements Iwaniwka ( Іванівка ) and Solona Balka ( Солона Балка ).

history

Karliwka was founded at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century. At first the place developed slowly and grew to 3,600 inhabitants by 1897. In the Soviet era , the industry was greatly expanded, so that Karliwka took a rapid boom. In 1939 the place already had 10,300 inhabitants. The growth continued even after the Second World War , so that Karliwka, which was given city status in 1957 and grew to 20,059 inhabitants by 1989. In the course of the transition crisis, however, the population fell by over 10% to 17,658 inhabitants (2003).

Economy, education and transport

Karliwka's economic focus is on mechanical engineering and the food industry . The city has a vocational school with around 650 students. The regional road R-11 runs through Karlivka , via which there is a connection to the M 03 / E 40 between Poltava and Kharkiv 20 km to the northwest . In the opposite direction, the road meets the M 18 / E 105 between Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv in Krasnohrad, 28 km southeast . Furthermore, Karlivka has a connection to the Poltava – Krasnohrad – Donets Basin railway .

Personalities

• Birthplace of the Soviet agricultural scientist Trofim Denisovich Lyssenko (1898–1976)
• Birthplace of the politician and Soviet head of state Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny (1903–1983)

Web links

• Map of the vicinity of the city
• Information page of the Association of Ukrainian Cities
• Railway connections to and from Karlivka

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tschyselnist najawnoho naselennja Ukrajiny, Kiev 2006