Velyka Mykhailivka
rural settlement in Rozdilna Raion (district), Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Residence of Velyka Mykhailivka settlement hromada (municipality)
Velyka Mykhailivka (Ukrainian: Вели́ка Миха́йлівка, Velýka Mychájlivka, Russian: Вели́кая Миха́йловка; formerly (until 1945): Гросулово, Grosulovo, Hrosulove, or Grosolova ) is a rural settlement in Rozdilna Raion in the west of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Velyka Mykhailivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Velyka Mykhailivka previously served as the administrative center of Velyka Mykhailivka Raion. Population: 5,303 (2022 estimate)
Velyka Mykhailivka is located on the banks of the Kuchurhan River.
History
Velyka Mykhailivka developed as a merger of several localities. Two biggest ones were the selos of Bohuslavka and Mykhaylivske, also known as Hrosulove. The area was settled after 1792, when the lands between the Southern Bug and the Dniester were transferred to Russia according to the Iasi Peace Treaty. Bohuslavka was founded in the end of the 18th century, and Hrosulove was founded in 1793. The name of Hrosulove comes from the landowner, Grosul-Tolstoy. The area was included in Tiraspol Uyezd, which belonged to Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty until 1795, Voznesensk Viceroyalty until 1796, Novorossiya Governorate until 1803, and Kherson Governorate until 1920.
“Velyka Mykhailivka” enters the record as rural settlement in Rozdilna Raion (district), Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Residence of Velyka Mykhailivka settlement hromada (municipality). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Velyka, Mykhailivka and rural can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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