Bziv (Ukrainian: Бзів) is a village in Brovary Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is 61 kilometres (38 mi) by road southeast of Kyiv and 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) southwest of the settlement of Baryshivka.[1] It belongs to Baryshivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Bziv is noted for its blue-green wooden Saint Nicholas Church, which is a national Cultural Heritage Monument.

Bziv
Бзів
Village-type settlement
Coat of arms of Bziv
Bziv is located in Kyiv Oblast
Bziv
Bziv
Bziv is located in Ukraine
Bziv
Bziv
Coordinates: 50°18′54″N 31°13′1″E / 50.31500°N 31.21694°E / 50.31500; 31.21694
Country Ukraine
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionBrovary Raion
Area
 • Total2.82 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total858
 • Density300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code+380 80447

History edit

The village was first mentioned on January 27, 1688.[3] During the Cossack period, until 1781, the village was part of the Baryshiv Hundred of the Pereyaslav Regiment. Following the abolition of the Cossack regimental system, the village became part of Oster district in the Kyiv governorate. By 1787 it had a population of 272. In the 19th century it became part of Pereyaslav district in Poltava province and is shown on a map of 1812.[4][5]

Some 3000 hectares of land was reported in Bziv in 1917,[6] and in 1929 a collective farm was established in the village and by 1932 there were two collective farms, Chervonyi Klin and Novoselytsia. According to the available and available archival documents for 1932 and June-October 1933, 100 surnames have been established.[7]

Until 18 July 2020, Bziv belonged to Baryshivka Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Baryshivka Raion was merged into Brovary Raion.[8][9]

Economy edit

In 1970, The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR encyclopedia noted the Morozov Poultry Farm in the area and that 19 rural workers had received government awards for achievements in the development of agriculture in the post-war years.[10]

Landmarks edit

 
St Nicholas Church, Bziv

It contains the double-domed blue-green painted Saint Nicholas Church, a national Cultural Heritage Monument. It underwent restoration work in 1901 which was conducted by Kyiv-Pechersk Monastery, to which the church belonged, and the church and the chapel became a single building. During WWII, Nazi prisoners were held in the church and it is one of only four wooden churches in the former Soviet Union built without nails to survive the war.[3]

Also of note in the village are the Mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Bziv near the church and a thatched house, which are also Cultural Heritage monuments,[11][12] and the Buynok Cultural Centre.[1]

Transport edit

North of Bsiv there is Novotroianda railway station at Morozivka on the Kyiv-Poltava railway.[13]

Notable people edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Google (10 March 2022). "Bziv" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Барышевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. ^ a b "сторико-краєзнавчий альманах «Святині рідного краю. Церкви Баришівщини. с. Бзів»" (in Ukrainian). Baryshivska-gromada.gov.ua. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ Descriptions of the Kyiv Governorship of 70-80 years of the XVIII century (Описи Київського намісництва 70-80 років XVIII): Descriptive and statistical sources / Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Archaeogr. commission, etc.— K .: Naukova Dumka, 1989.— p. 100, 240. ISBN 5-12-000656-6. - P. 100, 240
  5. ^ "Large map of the Russian Empire in 1812 for Napoleon (Большая карта Российской Империи 1812 года для Наполеона)". etomesto.ru. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Бзів" (in Ukrainian). landmarks.in.ua. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. ^ National Book of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 (Національна книга пам'яті жертв Голодомору 1932—1933 років). Kyiv region. Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, Kyiv Regional State Administration.— Kyiv: Bukva, 2008. - ISBN 978-966-7195-95-3 - p. 29-30
  8. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  9. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  10. ^ The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR. Kyiv region / FM Ruditsch (Chairman edit. Board) and others. - K.: Ch. edit. URE, 1971.
  11. ^ "Братська могила воїнів Радянської Армії, які загинули в роки Великої Вітчизняної війни" (in Ukrainian). Heritage.toolforge.org. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Хата з села Бзів Баришівського району Київської області" (in Ukrainian). Heritage.toolforge.org. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  13. ^ Google (10 March 2022). "Bziv" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 March 2022.