Kovalivka, Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast

Kovalivka (Ukrainian: Ковалівка) is a village of Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kovalivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The village is administered by its own rural council. The population is approximately 1,500.

Kovalivka
Ковалівка
Village
Kovalivka
View on the village
View on the village
Kovalivka is located in Kyiv Oblast
Kovalivka
Kovalivka
Kovalivka is located in Ukraine
Kovalivka
Kovalivka
Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 30°00′47″E
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionBila Tserkva Raion
Established1501
Population
 • Total1,500
Postal code
08652
Area code+380 4571
This article is about a village in Vasylkiv Raion. For other populated places in Ukraine with the same name, see Kovalivka.

History

The village was established in 1501 by a legendary blacksmith Myna Nazarenko in Kievan Palatinate of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the partitions of Poland, the village was taken over the Russian Empire.

In 1753 here was built a wooden church of St. Volodymyr dedicated to Vladimir the Great. In 1797 Kovalivka became a center of volost within the Vasylkiv county. During the Soviet period, the village housed the Shchors collective farm (kolkhoz) which after dissolution of the Soviet Union was reorganized into an agro firm "Svitanok".

Since 1985 Kovalivka is dominated by a local agrarian company "Svitanok" (meaning "Dawn"), formerly "Shchors Kolkhoz" which is controlled by the Zasukha family (Anatoliy and Tetiana). In 1996 in the village was built a Church of Nativity of the Theotokos (Ukrainian Orthodox Church). In 2007 in Kovalivka started to be built a convent of St.Anastasia dedicated to the Russian Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), UOC-MP). Since 2009 Kovalivka hosts ethnic festival "Zhnyva" (Reaping). In 2014 in the village was opened the Church of St.Tetiana dedicated to Tatiana of Rome (UOC-MP).

Until 18 July 2020, Kovalivka belonged to Vasylkiv 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 Vasylkiv Raion was split between Bila Tserkva, Fastiv, and Obukhiv Raions, with Kovalivka being transferred to Bila Tserkva Raion.[2][3]

Geography

The village is located over a pond that was created on the Kamianka River which is a tributary of Ros River.

Points of interest

References
  1. "Ковалевская громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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