Brantsivka

Brantsivka
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Brantsivka
Brantsivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°36′12″N 35°12′9″E / 50.60333°N 35.20250°E / 50.60333; 35.20250
Country Ukraine
OblastSumy Oblast
RaionSumy Raion
HromadaKrasnopillia settlement hromada
Elevation196 m (643 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
688[2]
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
42455
Area code+380 5459

Brantsivka is a village in Ukraine, in Krasnopillia settlement hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast. Until 2016, the local government body was Brantsivka Village Council.

Geography

The village is located 25 km south of the administrative center of the community and the railway station Krasnopillia. It is located on the banks of the Dernova River, which is a tributary of the Vorsklytsia River. It is upstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of Lozove and downstream at a distance of 2.5 km is the village of Poliane.

The village stretches along the river for 6 km. Streams flow through the village, which dry up with rapids.

History

Brantsivka was founded in the middle of the 17th century.

The village suffered as a result of the Holodomor carried out by the Soviet Union in 1923–1933 and in 1946–1947, which resulted in the deaths of at least 243 villagers.[3][4]

On June 12, 2020, in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 723-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of Sumy Region", it became part of the Krasnopillia settlement hromada.[5]

On July 19, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Krasnopillia Raion, the village became part of the newly formed Sumy Raion.[6]

Population

According to data from 1864, the state settlement, the center of the Zhigailivka Volost of the Kharkov Governorate, had a population of 860 people (406 men and 454 women), 161 households, and an Orthodox church.[7]

By 1914, the number of inhabitants of the village had increased to 2,468 people.[8]

According to the 1989 census of the Ukrainian SSR, the village's population was 863 people, of whom 386 were men and 477 were women.[9]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village's population was 688 people.[2] The main languages of the village were:[10]

References

  1. ^ "Brantsivka". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)". Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  3. ^ Бранцівка. Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні». Український інститут національної пам'яті.
  4. ^ "стор 60-62 Голодомор на Сумщині. Спогади очевидців" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Сумської області". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  6. ^ "Постанова Верховної Ради України від" (in Ukrainian). 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  7. ^ Харьковская губернія. Списокъ населенныхъ мѣстъ по свѣдѣніямъ 1864 года, томъ XLVI. Изданъ Центральнымъ статистическимъ комитетомъ Министерства Внутренних Дѣлъ. СанктПетербургъ. 1869 — XCVI + 209 с., (код 524)
  8. ^ Харьковскій календарь на 1914 годѣ. Изданіе Харьковскаго Губернскаго Статистическаго Комитета. Харьковъ. Типографія Губернскаго Правленія. 1914. VI+86+84+86+26+116+140+44 с.
  9. ^ "Таблиця: 19A0501_061_059. Кількість наявного та постійного населення по кожному сільському населеному пункту, Сумська область (1,2,3,4)" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Table: 19A0501_07_059. Number of actual population in rural areas, Sumska oblast (1,2,3,4)". Retrieved 4 January 2026.