Romanivka, Bereznehuvate Raion

Romanivka
Романівка (Ukrainian)
Романовка (Russian)
Romanivka
Map of Ukraine with Romanivka highlighted
Coordinates: 47°26′07″N 32°56′41″E / 47.43528°N 32.94472°E / 47.43528; 32.94472Coordinates: 47°26′07″N 32°56′41″E / 47.43528°N 32.94472°E / 47.43528; 32.94472
Country  Ukraine
Region Mykolaiv Oblast
Raion Bereznehuvate Raion
Administrative Classification KOATUU: 4821186060
Founded 1841
Area
 • Total 0.462 km2 (0.178 sq mi)
Elevation 41 m (135 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 188
 • Density 406.93/km2 (1,053.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 56221
Area code(s) +380 5168
Website

Romanivka (Ukrainian: Рома́нівка Russian: Романовка) - is a village in Ukraine. It is part of the Bereznehuvate Raion of the Mykolaiv Oblast.

Romanivka is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 3600 - 3200 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 100 hectares. This proto-city are just one of 2440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 B.C. and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.[1]

History

Romanivka was formed after a merger of Big Romanivka and Little Romanivka . It is and always was a predominantly Jewish settlement. Around 1886, many Jews of Kherson moved here. At that time, Romanivka had a population of 1476. The town was made up of 83 households and four synagogues and Jewish schools.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.trypillia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104:videiko-m-yu-trypillia-culture-proto-cities-after-40-years-of-investigations&catid=54:archaeology&Itemid=66


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