Boromlia

Boromlia was established by Cossack ataman Korney Vasilyev, along with 425 other Cossacks, who settled on the banks of the Boromlia river [uk]. The settlement was formally established in 1658 with the issuance of a royal charter by Russian Tsar Alexis.^[2] The Church of the Ascension of the Cross, part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), was built between 1696 and 1726.^[3]

Since the 19th century, Boromlia has been home to an active community of strawberry farmers. Since 1908 there have been annual strawberry exhibitions in the village.^[4]

Boromlia was hit by Russian airstrikes on 3 and 5 March 2022, which damaged gas and electrical infrastructure along with a kindergarten and about 140 houses, according to Vasyl Romanika, the head of the village administration.^[5]

The village was occupied by Russia from 9 to 26 March, during the country's invasion of Ukraine. According to Romanika, four people were tortured and killed during the occupation.^[5]

• Andrii Alymov [uk], Soviet epidemiologist and microbiologist
• Serhii Alymov [uk], Soviet writer
• Job (Bazilevich) [ru], Russian Orthodox archbishop of Pereiaslav and Boryspil
• Grigory Bazilevich [ru; uk], Russian military surgeon
• Vitaliy Butrym, Ukrainian Olympic 400-metre sprinter
• Yakim Butrym [uk], colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army
• Maria Dahl, German zoologist
• Vasyl Fedorko [uk], Ukrainian People's Army leader and diaspora activist
• Yevheniia Semenenko [uk], sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• Ivan Shapovalov [uk], junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the Cyborg during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport