Shevchenkoe (Zvenyhorodka)
| Shevchenkoe (Zvenyhorodka) | |||
| Шевченкове | |||
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| Oblast : | Cherkasy Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Svenyhorodka district | ||
| Height : | 205 m | ||
| Area : | 7.644 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,802 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 367 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 20214 | ||
| Area code : | +380 4740 | ||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 11 ' N , 31 ° 6' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 7121289201 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 2 villages, 1 settlement | ||
| Address: |
20214 с. Шевченкове |
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| Website : | City council website | ||
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Shevchenkoe ( Ukrainian евченкове ; Russian russевченково Shevchenko ) is a village in the Ukrainian Oblast of Cherkassy with about 2800 inhabitants (2001).
The village, first mentioned in writing in 1618, was called Kyryliwka ( Кирилівка ) until 1929 . It was then named after the Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko because his family moved with him when he was around two years old to his father's birthplace and he spent the next 12 years of his childhood in the village.
Schewtschenkowe is the administrative center of the same District municipality in the northeast of Rayon Zvenyhorodka , with a total of 3000 inhabitants still the village Demkowe ( Демкове , ⊙ ) with 100 residents and the settlement Kononowe-Iwassiw ( Кононове-Івасів , ⊙ ) with about 140 Owned by residents.
The village is located in the center of Ukraine on the watershed between the Southern Bug flowing Hnyly Tikych and Wilschanka ( Вільшанка ), a 106 km long right tributary of the Dnieper River , 20 km northeast of the Rajonzentrum Zvenyhorodka and 92 km southwest of the Oblastzentrum Cherkassy .
The regional road P-64 and the territorial road T-24-08 run through the village .
Sons and daughters of the village
- Pawel Wassiljewitsch Engelhardt (1798–1849), landowner and officer, landlord of Taras Shevchenko
- Hryhorij Djadtschenko (1869–1921), Ukrainian painter
- Nina Koshetz (1892–1965), Ukrainian, later American opera and chamber singer and actress
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on April 18, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Local history of Shevchenko in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on April 18, 2018 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Website of the district council ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada; accessed on April 18, 2018 (Ukrainian)
