Sokolivka, Kyiv Oblast

Sokolivka (Ukrainian: Соколівка) is a village in Bila Tserkva Raion, Ukraine.

Sokolivka
Соколівка
Sokolivka
Coordinates: 49°54′33″N 30°12′14″E
Country Ukraine
Province Kyiv Oblast
DistrictBila Tserkva Raion
Area
  Total2,631 km2 (1,016 sq mi)
Population
  Total489
  Density0.19/km2 (0.48/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
08664
Area code+380 4571

Name

The name of the village comes from the name of the legendary town of Sokoliv, which contained honey Hlushky and Sokolivka.[1]

History

Old map from 1860

In archives of 1811 it is mentioned as a separate village and the residence of several nobles is recorded.[2]

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built in 1882. According to the archive, it was made with stone foundation, had a bell tower of 4 pillar. The church owned 3 tithes of 500 square meters yards of land.

The church had a parish school, organized since 1861. In 1892 a school was built, which functioned for 350 rubles from the state treasury and 130 from locals.[3]

References

  1. Похилевич, Л. (1864). Сказания о населенных местностях Киевской губернии или Статистические, исторические и церковные заметки о всех деревнях, селах, местечках и городах, в пределах губернии находящихся. тип. Киево-Печер. лавры: Киев. p. 510.
  2. "Архів:Ревізькі казки Київської губернії/1811 — Вікіджерела". uk.wikisource.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  3. Клірова відомість Церкви Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці, с. Соколівка, Васильківського пов. Київської губ. за 1915 рік.
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