Borysivka, Kharkiv Oblast

Coordinates: 50°16′31″N 36°33′43″E / 50.275277777778°N 36.561944444444°E / 50.275277777778; 36.561944444444
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Borysivka (Ukrainian: Борисівка) is a selo (village) in Lyptsi rural hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The village was formerly administrated by the Lukiantsiv rural hromada [uk] before the 2020 administrative division reforms.[1]

Borysivka was called Sontsivka (Ukrainian: Сонцівка) before 1897 and the population in 2001 was 533 people.

Geography[edit]

Borysivka is located 3 km from the left bank of the Lypets [uk]. The village is right on the border with Russia, oppositely bordering the Russian village of Solntsevka [ru; uk] in Belgorod Oblast. A dried-up stream flows through Borysivka and a large garden massif is adjacent to the village.

History[edit]

Borysivka was first mentioned in 1779 as Sontsivka (or Sontsevka in Russian).[2]

Transport[edit]

The bus route 1177 runs daily on the route from Heroiv Pratsi station in Kharkiv to Borysivka.[3]

Monuments[edit]

In November 1998, a monument to Dmytro Yavornytsky was erected on Sadovii Street. The creators of the monument are Natalia and Oleksii Fomenka.[4]

Notable residents[edit]

  • Dmytro Yavornytsky (1855 – 1940), Ukrainian academician, historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer.
  • Ivan Berezhnyi [uk] (1922 – 1997), Ukrainian food commodity expert, candidate of technical sciences and professor.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Борисівська загальноосвітня школа". Archived from the original on 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  2. ^ Описи Харківського намісництва кінця XVIII ст.: Описово-статистичні джерела / АН УРСР. Археограф. комісія та ін. Упоряд. В. О. Пірко, О. І. Гуржій; Редкол. П. С. Сохань (відп. ред.) та ін.— К. : Наук, думка, 1991.— с. 144.
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2rBUvWKSZw&t=868s&ab_channel=baldandbankrupt
  4. ^ "ПАМ'ЯТНИК ДМИТРОВІ ІВАНОВИЧУ ЯВОРНИЦЬКОМУ". Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-01-10.

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