Biloziria (Ukrainian: Білозір'я) is a big village (selo) in central Ukraine. It is located in Cherkasy Raion (district) of Cherkasy Oblast (province) 20 km (12 mi) southwest from the city of Cherkasy. It hosts the administration of Biloziria rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
Biloziria
Білозір'я | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Transfiguration Church of 1754 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg)  Biloziria Biloziria in Cherkasy Oblast  Biloziria Biloziria (Cherkasy Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 49°18′19″N 31°53′32″E / 49.30528°N 31.89222°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Cherkasy |
| Raion | Cherkasy |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,506 |
| Website | Ukrainian Parliament website |
History
editThe village is mentioned as a town in the "Tales about populated localities of Kyiv Governorate" of 1864 by Lavrentiy Polkhylevych and the fact that existed before 1710.
Population
editLanguage
editDistribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[2]
| Language | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 8 436 | 99.18% |
| Other[a] | 70 | 0.82% |
| Total | 8 506 | 100.00% |
| a Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population. |
Further reading
edit- (in Ukrainian) (1972). Історіа міст і сіл Української CCP – Черкаська область (The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR – Cherkasy Oblast), Kyiv.
References
edit- ^ "Білозірська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
External links
edit- "Białozierze". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1880. p. 197.
- "Białozierze, miasteczko nad jeziorem Białem". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 131.
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