Sofiivska Borshchahivka
Софіївська Борщагівка
Village
Flag of Sofiivska Borshchahivka
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Coat of arms of Sofiivska Borshchahivka
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Sofiivska Borshchahivka is located in Kyiv Oblast
Sofiivska Borshchahivka
Sofiivska Borshchahivka
Sofiivska Borshchahivka is located in Ukraine
Sofiivska Borshchahivka
Sofiivska Borshchahivka
Coordinates: 50°24′41″N 30°22′09″E / 50.41139°N 30.36917°E / 50.41139; 30.36917
Country Ukraine
OblastKyiv Oblast
RaionBucha Raion
HromadaBorshchahivka rural hromada
Founded1497
Area
 • Land10.98 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Population
 • Total6,569
 • Density1,441.01/km2 (3,732.2/sq mi)
Postal code
08131

Sofiivska Borshchahivka (Ukrainian: Софі́ївська Борщагі́вка) is a village in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Borshchahivka rural hromada.[1]

Sofiivska Borshchahivka is a suburb of Kyiv, separated from the city by the Kiltseva Road. It borders Petropavlivska Borshchahivka to the north and Vyshneve to the south.

Name

The first part of the name means "Sophia" (adj.) and comes from Saint Sophia Cathedral, which owned the territory of the village.

The second part of the name is shared with the neighboring village Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and Kyiv neighborhood Borshchahivka.

History

The village was founded in 1497.[2]

Sofiivska Borshchahivka was known since 16th century as the property of Saint Sophia Cathedral. In 1590, Michael Rohoza, the Metropolitan of Kyiv, granted a charter to "the peasant Yefym Oleshkovych" for "leasehold possession of the land" belonging to St. Sophia Cathedral.[3] From 1937 to 2020, the village was a part of the Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, until its dissolution. Since then, Sofiivska Borshchahivka is a part of Bucha Raion.

In August 2010, the Kyiv Ukraine Temple, the first Ukrainian temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was opened in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.[4]

Kyiv Ukraine Temple

On 29 September 2018, the Metropolitan bishop of Pereiaslav and Bila Tserkva Epiphanius consecrated the Church of Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope and Love and Their Mother Sophia.[5]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population is 6,569 people.[6] In 2022, the population was estimated to be 25,882 people, which makes Sofiivska Borshchahivka the largest village in Ukraine.[2]

Notable people

  • Hryhorii Shupyk (1915–1992), Soviet military pilot
  • Serhii Budnyk (born 1965), Ukrainian lawyer and police general
  • Serhii Ilchenko (1982–2015), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

References

  1. ↑ "Борщаговская громада". Gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Найбільші села України". Zemliak (in Ukrainian). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Rybakov, Mykhailo (1997). Невідомі та Маловідомі Сторінки Історії Києва (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Кий. p. 85. ISBN 966-7161-15-3.
  4. ↑ "Dedication and Open House Dates Announced for the Kyiv Ukraine Temple". LDS Church. 2010-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Освячення новозбудованого храму у селі Софійська Борщагівка на Київщині". Українська Православна Церква Київський Патріархат (in Ukrainian). 2018-10-01. Archived from the original on 2018-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Банк даних". Всеукраїнський перепис населення (in Ukrainian).
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