Zaporiz'ke
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Zaporiz'ke Запорізьке |
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 Zaporiz'ke
Location of Zaporis'ke in Ukraine
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| Coordinates: 48°8′3″N 33°56′5″E / 48.13417°N 33.93472°ECoordinates: 48°8′3″N 33°56′5″E / 48.13417°N 33.93472°E | |
| Country Oblast |
Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Established | 1759 |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 440 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| Postal index | 53140 |
| Area code | +380-5650 |
Zaporiz'ke (former Vasylivka, Engelhardt-Vasylivka) is a village in Ukraine, in Sofiyivka district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (region). The local body is they Zaporiz'ke village council. The population is 629 residents.
Village Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.
The village is in the south-western part of Dnipropetrovsk region, in the north of Sofiyivka area, on the Kam'yanka river. Upstream 1 km is the village Brats'ke, downstream is the village Sofiyivka. The river dries up at this point, it has several dams.
The village is the oldest in the Sofiyivka area and was founded in 1759 as a Cossack settlement. In 1786 a German landlord Vasil Engelhardt got 6 thousand acres of land along the river Kam'yanka and founded the village. At first only 17 peasants lived there. Engelhardt' son General Vasil inherited the land and built 20 yards on the right bank of the Kam'yanka river, two mills (currently the farm). Later the village was named as Engelhardt-Vasylivka. In 1875 a church-run school was built from clay. It had three classes and children went to school only in the winter. In 1885 General Vasil built a wooden church of Transfiguration (the garage is now on that place)[1].
As of 1886 the village was the center of Engelhardt-Vasilyvka district, Verkhnodniprovsk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate and counted to 364 people, 114 farm yard, Orthodox Church. In the 1897 the number of inhabitants increased to 1,027 persons (519 males and 508 – female), 1026 of which – the Eastern Orthodox faith. In 1908 the number of inhabitants was 1399 persons (702 men and 697 women), there were 234 yards economy.
People used to name streets and areas of the village. "Lousy (Voshiva)" – on the right side of the landlord's pond where two families began to build their houses and clang to this place like lice. On the left side of the pond, split by the dam, there were many frogs, which croaked endlessly. On this fertile ground people began to build a new street and named it "Zhabolupivkа".
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