Sobolivka, Haisyn Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast

Village in Haisyn Raion, Ukraine

Village in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Sobolivka Соболівка
Village
48°36′0″N 29°30′0″E / 48.60000°N 29.50000°E / 48.60000; 29.50000
Country	Ukraine
Oblasts	Vinnytsia Oblast
Raion	Haisyn Raion
Area
• Total	853 km² (329 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	3,752
Postal code	23820
Website	http://sobolivka.com.ua

Sobolivka (Ukrainian: Соболівка) is a village in Haisyn Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast in west-central Ukraine. Population is 3,752 (2004). On territory of village is: railway station of Duklya, saccharine (does not work) brickwork, 2 schools, 2 children garden, house of culture, hospital, church (Rizdvyano-bogoroditskiy temple - 1790, 1852 reconstructed). The river of Derkachka flows through the village. Distance is from Sobolivki to Kyiv - 293 kilometres.

History

The settlement of Sobolivka was founded in the place where once existed the city of Sables, founded the Buh Cossacks for protecting of edge from the raids of Tatars. An original fortress was furnished two large earthen billows. Tatars pranged a fortress, and populations destroyed. Afterwards here was a new settlement with the name of Sobolivka, which entered in the complement of domains of the Polish counts of Pototskikh.

Until 18 July 2020, Sobolivka was located in the Teplyk Raion. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Haisyn Raion on that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast to six.^[1]^[2]

Notable people

Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954), poet, literary critic, teacher

References

^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.