Markivka
Markivka
Марківка | |
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 A view of Markivka | |
  Markivka Location in Ukraine  Markivka Markivka (Luhansk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 49°31′26″N 39°34′6″E / 49.52389°N 39.56833°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion |  Starobilsk Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 5,480 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Markivka (Ukrainian: Марківка; Russian: Марковка, romanized: Markovka) is a rural settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine with the population about 5,480 (2022 estimate)[1]. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Markivka Raion.
History
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Markivka is one of the oldest settlements in Sloboda Ukraine, as artifacts from the Bronze Age have been found on the territory of the village.[2] It was founded sometime in the latter half of the 17th century by peasants from Chernihiv and Poltava.[2] It is said in folklore that the name of the village comes from the first settler named Marko, who was either a Zaporozhian Cossack or chumak, although research also suggested the name might come from the original name of the village the settlers from Poltava Oblast came from.[2] During the Bulavin Rebellion, the village was a site of the uprising, and so the village was completely destroyed by Russian troops upon retaking it.[2] It took until the late 1720s for the village to be restored.[2] The village grew as an agricultural site, shipping large quantities of wheat to ports on the Sea of Azov.[2] It also grew its own type of onion that was supplied to the USSR and Cuba.[2]
During the Russian Civil War, the village repeatedly changed hands until the Bolsheviks established power in December 1919, but they greatly suffered during the Holodomor in the early 1930s.[2] From 11 July 1942 to January 1943, it was occupied by German troops during World War II.[2] In 1960 it was designated an urban-type settlement in the Ukrainian SSR.[2] On 24 February 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was occupied on the very first day by Russian troops.[3] The mayor of the hromada - who is also head of the village - Ihor Dziuba cooperated with and congratulated Russian authorities upon the village's capture.[4] This led to numerous rallies within the city, which stopped in early March after threats.[3]
Demographics
[edit]As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had 7,301 inhabitants. The self-reported native languages were:[5]
Notable people
[edit]- Andriy Yeryomenko (1892-1970), Soviet general
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Скиртач, Л. М. (12 December 2018). "Марківка". Енциклопедія Сучасної України (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Високі ціни, обшуки, заборона української символіки: як живе окупована Марківка". Суспільне (in Ukrainian). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Єрохіна, Таїсія (4 July 2022). "Життя в окупації. Марківка, Луганщина: штрафи за українську мову, обшуки та погрози". Телеграф (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
