Sofiivka, Sofiivka rural hromada, Berdiansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Sofiivka (Ukrainian: Софіївка) is a village in Berdiansk Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Sofiivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

History

The village was founded in 1862 on the site of the former Togaly Nogai settlement by Bulgarians who had come from the Bessarabia region. Its original name was Romanivka (Ukrainian: Романівка). In 1926, its name was changed by the Soviet government to Kolarivka (Ukrainian: Коларівка) in honor of Bulgarian communist leader Vasil Kolarov. From 1925 to 1939, it was the center of Kolarivka Raion (known until 1926 as Romanivka Raion), one of the national raions of the Ukrainian SSR.[2]

During World War II, Kolarivka was occupied by Nazi Germany before being liberated by the Red Army in autumn 1943.[2]

In 2016, as part of decommunization in Ukraine, its name was changed to Bolharka (Ukrainian: Болгарка).[3] On 12 June 2020, Bolharka became the center of Kolarivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine, in accordance with an edict of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that was part of decentralization reforms.[4] On October 7, 2021, its name was changed to the current one by another edict of the Verkhovna Rada.[5]

References
  1. "Софіївська територіальна громада". Децентралізація в Україні. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. "Історія міст і сіл Української РСР. Запорізька область. — Київ: Головна редакція УРЕ АН УРСР. Стор. 614". Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів". Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. Kitsoft. "Кабінет Міністрів України - Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Запорізької області". www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. "Про перейменування села Болгарка Бердянського району Запорізької області". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-12-06.

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