Subotiv

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Subotiv

Subotiv is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
(selo) in central Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
. It is located in the Chyhyrynskyi Raion (district

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of some post-Soviet states. The term, which is of French origin, describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is almost always translated as "district"....
) of the Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast is an administrative divisions of Ukraine of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The Capital city of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy)....
(province

Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
), near Chyhyryn

Chyhyryn

Chyhyryn is a city located in Cherkasy Oblast of central Ukraine. The city rests on the banks of Tyasmyn River, and is the administrative center of the Chyhyrynskyi Raion....
, 21 km from Adamivka river port, and 38 km from Fundukliivka train station. A local auto road 2414 runs through the village.

The village name, Subotiv, according to one legend, took its roots from a live fire from oak firewood (known as "subotka") that was in front of Perun

Perun

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Subotiv'

Start a new discussion about 'Subotiv'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

Subotiv is a village

Village

Ukraine

Raion

Cherkasy Oblast

Cherkasy Oblast is an administrative divisions of Ukraine of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The Capital city of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy)....
(province

Oblast

Chyhyryn

Perun

In Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were the fire, mountains, the oak, iris , eagle, firmament , horses and carts, weapons and war....
. According to another legend, it came from the name of the place where water from two tributaries combines (know as "subod'").

Subotiv is the birthplace of the Ukrainian Hetman

Hetman

Hetman was the title of the second highest military commander used in 15th to 18th century Poland, Ukraine and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, known from 1569 to 1795 as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky was a hetman of the Zaporizhzhia Cossack Hetmanate of Ukraine. He led the Khmelnytsky Uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates with the goal of creating an independent Ukrainian state....
.

History

Based on archeological studies, the place was settled as early as Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is, with respect to a given prehistory, the period in that society when the most advanced metalworking included smelting copper and tin from naturally-occurring outcroppings of copper and tin ores, creating a bronze alloy by melting those metals together, and casting them into bronze artifact s....
. At the place there are also traces of Early Slavic

Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
, and Kiev Rus settlements. In the documents the first known reference to the village is dated back to early XVII century.

Famous places

Illinska Church, a church built by the order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1683. It is also the place where Khmelnytsky is buried. The church is pictured on one of the paintings by Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainians poet, artist and Humanism. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language....
in 1845. The church is also pictured on 5 hryvnia banknote, which is currently in circulation in Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
.