Klymivka | |
Native Name: | Климівка |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Poltava Oblast#Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 49.3211°N 35.1281°W |
Postal Code: | 39532 |
Iso Code: | UA-53 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Poltava Raion |
Klymivka is a village in Poltava Raion of Poltava Oblast of Ukraine. It belongs to Lanna rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Their local government body is called the .
The village of Klymivka is located on the left bank of the . Three kilometers upstream is the village of Fedorivka and downstream is the village of Novoselivka . A drying stream with a dam flows through the village.
The village was founded in the mid-18th century.[2] The earliest recorded mention of the village was in 1775, when it was referred to as the "Klimovka suburb at the Bronyevskaya mill" (Original: "Ukrainian: слободка Климовка при мельницѣ Бронѣевской").[3] In the 18th century, the settlement belonged to the territory.
It later became part of the Konstantinogradsky Uyezd of the Poltava Governorate in the Russian Empire.[4] In 1885, the village's population was 1827 people and there were 364 farmsteads, an Orthodox church, school, chapel, 27 windmills, and 2 fairs a year.[5]
According to the 1897 census, the population grew to 2,722 (1,351 males and 1,371 females), of whom 2,715 were Orthodox.[6]
Until 18 July 2020, Pirky belonged to Karlivka Raion.[2] The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Poltava Oblast to four. The area of Karlivka Raion was merged into Poltava Raion.[7] [8]