Kalynopil Калинопіль
Rural settlement
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Kalynopil Location of Kalynopil in Cherkasy Oblast Show map of Cherkasy Oblast Kalynopil Kalynopil (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°56′06″N 30°58′52″E / 48.93500°N 30.98111°E / 48.93500; 30.98111
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Cherkasy Oblast
Raion	Zvenyhorodka Raion
Hromada	Kalynopil settlement hromada
Magdeburg rights	1568
Town status	1965
Government
• Town Head	Serhiy Dymchuk[1]
Elevation [2]	139 m (456 ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	5,243
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	20500
Area code	+380 4742

Kalynopil (Ukrainian: Калинопіль), formerly known as Katerynopil (Ukrainian: Катеринопіль) is a rural settlement in Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Katerynopil settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[4] Population: 5,243 (2022 estimate).^[3]

History

Until 1795 it was a village and later a miasteczko of Kalnebłota, Kalnebłoto (Ukrainian: Калниболото, romanized: Kalnyboloto),^[5] and after parts of Poland were incorporated into the Russian Empire, in 1797 it was renamed Yekaterinopol (Russian: Екатеринополь) after the Russian tsarina Catherine the Great.^[6]

Until 18 July 2020, Katerynopil served as an administrative center of Katerynopil Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Katerynopil Raion was merged into Zvenyhorodka Raion.^[7][8]

Until 26 January 2024, Katerynopil was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Katerynopil became a rural settlement.^[9]

Archaeologists have found remains of the ancient Trypillya culture on the territory of Katerynopil.^[5] During the Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648–1654, Kalnyboloto was a sotnia town of the Korsun Cossack host.^[10] On March 5, 1923, Katerynopil was given the status of an administrative center of its surrounding district.^[5]

On April 3, 2024, the Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-government, Regional Development, and Urban Planning [uk] in the Verkhovna Rada stated their support for renaming the settlement to Kalynopil (Калинопіль).^[11] On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Katerynopil to Kalynopil.^[12]

Notable people

• Semen Hryzlo (c. 1887–1921), Ukrainian military and civil activist, organizer of the Free Cossacks^[13]
• Wolf Ladejinsky (1899–1975), a prominent American economist, mastermind of the land reform of 1946 in Japan
• Yuriy Kosiuk (born 1968), Ukrainian billionaire, CEO of MHP

References

External links

• "Katerynopil". Informational-reference site of Katerynopil village (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 12 January 2012.