Kodyma

Kodyma is named after a river Kodyma, on which it is located.

On maps of the 16th century of Wenceslaus Grodecki there is a region identified as "Codima solitudo, uastissima" (a very vast desert).[https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-map-of-poland-and-eastern-europe-24001142.html Map of Poland and Eastern Europe]. The area is located around the mid-stream of Southern Bug. It is believed that the Kodyma's etymology of Turkic origin and means a lower saturated with water place.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210513154930/https://kodima-rda.odessa.gov.ua/storichna-dovdka-kodimwina/ Historical note (Історична довідка (Кодимщина))]. Kodyma Raion website.[http://hrinchenko.com/slovar/znachenie-slova/29144-mochar.html Mochar (мочар)]. Ukrainian language dictionary of Borys Hrinchenko.

In the Polish Geographic dictionary (Słownik geograficzny) it is mentioned as a small town (miasteczko) in Balta county and has a train station on the Kyiv–Odesa railroad. The city foundation date is stated as 1754, however according to the Geographic Dictionary Kodyma as a real estate existed before and belonged to the family of Zamoyski. Later it transferred to the family of Koniecpolski after Johanna Barabara Zamoyska married Aleksander Koniecpolski.

In 1694 Cossacks of Semen Paliy defeated a Tatar army at the battle of Kodyma.

The modern city of Kodyma was founded by Józef Lubomirski (son of Jerzy Aleksander Lubomirski) in 1754.

Until 18 July 2020, Kodyma was the administrative center of Kodyma Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Kodyma Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 9,493 people. In addition to the ethnic Ukrainian majority, which makes up more than 90% of the population, Kodyma is home to small Russian, Moldovan and Belarusian minorities. The settlement is overwhelmingly Ukrainian-speaking.{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}{{cite web | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України }}

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{{bar percent|Russians|purple|5.13}}

{{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.77}}

{{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.39}}

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Native languages according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:

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{{bar percent|Russian|purple|7.8}}

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• Leon Feinberg, Jewish-American Yiddish poet and journalist, was born in Kodyma
• Stanisław Skalski, a Polish fighter ace of the Polish Air Force in World War II, was born in Kodyma
• Anatoliy Pushnyakov, Ukrainian general and former commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

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Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine

Category:Baltsky Uyezd

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