Bila Tserkva Raion
Subdivision of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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Bila Tserkva Raion (Ukrainian: Білоцерківський район) is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Bila Tserkva. Population: 431,172 (2022 estimate)[1].
Bila Tserkva Raion
Білоцерківський район | |
|---|---|
| Білоцерківський район (Bilotserkivskyi raion) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Bila Tserkva Raion | |
| Coordinates: 49°51′6″N 30°8′4″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kyiv Oblast |
| Established | 1930 |
| Admin. center | Bila Tserkva |
| Subdivisions | 13 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Roman Ivanovych Pluhator |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,514.8 km2 (2,515.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 431,172 |
| • Density | 66.183/km2 (171.41/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 075 |
| Area code | 380-4563 |
| Website | kyiv-obl.gov.ua |
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bila Tserkva Raion was significantly expanded. Six abolished raions, Rokytne, Skvyra, Stavyshche, Tarashcha, Tetiiv, and Volodarka Raions, as well as the city of Bila Tserkva, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, and parts of Bohuslav and Vasylkiv Raions, were merged into Bila Tserkva Raion.[2][3] The area of the raion before the reform was 1,276.8 square kilometres (493.0 mi2). The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 48,440 (2020 est.)[4]
Subdivisions
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 13 hromadas:[3]
| Hromada (Community) | Admin. center | Population (2020) | Transferred/Retained from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bila Tserkva urban | Bila Tserkva | 218,981 | city of oblast significance of Bila Tserkva;[5] |
| Fursy rural | Fursy | 10,729 | Bila Tserkva Raion; |
| Hrebinky settlement | Hrebinky | 13,565 | Vasylkiv Raion.[6] |
| Kovalivka rural | Kovalivka | 6,566 | Vasylkiv Raion.[6] |
| Mala Vilshanka rural | Mala Vilshanka | 10,636 | Bila Tserkva Raion; |
| Medvyn rural | Medvyn | 5,511 | Bohuslav Raion.[7] |
| Rokytne settlement | Rokytne | 25,279 | Rokytne Raion.[8] |
| Skvyra urban | Skvyra | 31,695 | Skvyra Raion.[9] |
| Stavyshche settlement | Stavyshche | 20,599 | Stavyshche Raion.[10] |
| Tarashcha urban | Tarashcha | 26,010 | Tarashcha Raion.[11] |
| Tetiiv urban | Tetiiv | 30,629 | Tetiiv Raion.[12] |
| Uzyn urban | Uzyn | 20,245 | Bila Tserkva Raion |
| Volodarka settlement | Volodarka | 15,670 | Volodarka Raion.[13] |
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of three hromadas,[14]
- Fursy rural hromada with the administration in Fursy;
- Mala Vilshanka rural hromada with the administration in Mala Vilshanka;
- Uzyn urban hromada with the administration in the city of Uzyn.
Notable buildings
Various monuments of architecture located within the raion's territory include:
- Monument to Ivan Mazepa, 1991 in the village of Mazepyntsi.
- Church Zishestia Sviatoho Dukha, 1750 in the village of Shkarivka.
- Church Sviatoi Paraskevy, 1903 in the village of Oliinykova Sloboda.
- Church of the Wives of Myronosyts, 1893 in the village of Sorokotiahy.
- Cathedral of the Saint Ioanna Khrestytelia in Bila Tserkva.
- Mykhailivska Church, 1891 in Bila Tserkva.
- Preobrazhenska Church, 1849 in the village of Sukholisy.
- Oleksandriia Park, 1793-1797 in Bila Tserkva.
- Zymovyi (Winter) Palace in Bila Tserkva.
Notable residents
Famous people from the territory that is now known as the Bilotserkivskyi Raion include:
- Ivan Mazepa, from Bila Tserkva, was a Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, in 1687–1708.
- Pavel Popovich, from Uzyn, is a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent, arguably the first ethnic Ukrainian to fly in space.