Woloka (Hlyboka)
| Woloka | |||
| Волока | |||
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| Oblast : | Chernivtsi Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Hlyboka district | ||
| Height : | 193 m | ||
| Area : | Information is missing | ||
| Residents : | 3,244 (2015) | ||
| Postcodes : | 60413 | ||
| Area code : | +380 3734 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 12 ' N , 25 ° 57' E | ||
| KOATUU : | 7321080901 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 3 villages | ||
| Address: | 60413 с. Волока | ||
| Website : | Municipal Council website https://gromada.info/gromada/voloka/ | ||
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Woloka ( Ukrainian Волока ; Russian Волока , Romanian Voloca pe Derelui ; German (until 1918) Woloka ) is a village in the Ukrainian Oblast of Chernivtsi with about 3,200 inhabitants (2015).
The village in the historical region of northern Bukovina, first mentioned in writing in the 18th century, is located on the banks of the Derehluj ( Дереглуй ), a 34 km long tributary of the Prut , opposite Velykyj Kutschuriw and 21 km northwest of the district center of Hlyboka and 16 km south of the oblast capital Chernivtsi .
Woloka is the administrative center of the 56 km² district council of the same name in the Hlyboka district with a total of 6319 inhabitants, which also includes the villages of Hruschiwka ( Грушівка ⊙ ) with 1187 inhabitants and Valya Kusmyna ( Валя Кузьмина ⊙ ) with 1888 inhabitants (2015).
Personalities
- Manfred Stern (1896–1954), communist, Comintern employee and agent of the Soviet military intelligence service GRU
- Wolf Stern (1897–1961), communist, officer in the Red Army and head of the Institute for German Military History in Potsdam (GDR)
- Leo Stern (1901–1982), communist and one of the most famous historians of the GDR
Web links
- Woloka district council website on gromada.info (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Woloka District Council , Chernivtsi Oblast, decentralization; accessed on September 2, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Woloka in History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on September 2, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ district community Woloka , OblastTscherniwzi, decentralization page 1; accessed on September 2, 2017 (Ukrainian)