Valky
Валки
Flag of Valky
Flag
Coat of arms of Valky
Coat of arms
Valky is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Valky
Valky
Valky is located in Ukraine
Valky
Valky
Coordinates: 49°50′N 35°37′E / 49.833°N 35.617°E / 49.833; 35.617
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kharkiv Oblast
Raion Bohodukhiv Raion
Population
 (2001)
 • Total10,381
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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Valky (Ukrainian: Валки, Russian: Валки) is a city in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Valky is situated on the banks of the river Mzha. The city borders on such villages as Kostiv and Gontiv Yar. It hosts the administration of Valky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 8,577 (2022 estimate).[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Valky was the administrative center of Valky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Valky Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv Raion.[3][4]

History

In May 1920, a peasant army of the surrounding villages, according to various estimates, 1,500 to 3,500 people who had proclaimed a "Ukrainian People's Government" attempted to capture Valky.[5] They failed due to a lack of weapons, and its members were executed.[5]

On June 12, 2020, according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 725-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of the Kharkiv Region", it became part of the Valkivska City Community.[6]

On July 17, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and the liquidation of the Valky district, the city became part of the Bohodukhiv district.[7]

In 2021, a national record was set in Valky: 375 people made a simultaneous whistle on a traditional clay toy, the Valky whistle.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Валковская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ^ a b (in Russian) THE CITY OF THE REBELLIOUS, Vecherniy Kharkov (15 May 2006)
  6. ^ "Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Харківської області". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX «Про утворення та ліквідацію районів»
  8. ^ ""Іграшка, що має голос". Як створюється валківський свищик — урок від майстрині з Харківщини". 18 November 2021.
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