Valky
{{short description|Town in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine}}
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| subdivision_name2 = Bohodukhiv Raion
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Valky (Ukrainian and Russian: {{Lang|uk|Валки}}) is a city in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Valky is situated on the banks of the river Mzha. The city borders on such villages as Kostiv and Hontiv Yar. It hosts the administration of Valky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Валковская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/valkivska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|8,577|.}}
Until 18 July 2020, Valky was the administrative center of Valky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Valky Raion was merged into Bohodukhiv 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}}
History
In May 1920, a peasant army of the surrounding villages, according to various estimates, 1,500 to 3,500 people who had proclaimed a "Ukrainian People's Government" attempted to capture Valky. They failed due to a lack of weapons, and its members were executed.{{in lang|ru}} [https://vecherniy.kharkov.ua/news/4023/ THE CITY OF THE REBELLIOUS], Vecherniy Kharkov (15 May 2006)
On June 12, 2020, according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 725-r "On the Determination of Administrative Centers and Approval of Territories of Territorial Communities of the Kharkiv Oblast", it became part of the Valkivska City Community.{{Cite web|title=Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Харківської області|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/725-2020-р|website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України|accessdate=2023-02-01|language=uk}}
On July 17, 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and the liquidation of the Valky district, the city became part of the Bohodukhiv Raion.Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX [https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX «Про утворення та ліквідацію районів»]
In 2021, a national record was set in Valky: 375 people made a simultaneous whistle on a traditional clay toy, the Valky whistle.{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/181594-igraska-so-mae-golos-ak-stvoruetsa-valkivskij-svisik-urok-vid-majstrini-z-harkivsini/|title="Іграшка, що має голос". Як створюється валківський свищик — урок від майстрині з Харківщини|date=18 November 2021}}
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 10,295. The ethnic composition was as follows:{{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}}
{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Valky|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|94.63}}
{{bar percent|Russians|purple|4.34}}
{{bar percent|Belarusians|red|0.37}}
{{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.21}}
{{bar percent|others|gray|0.45}}}}
References
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{{Kharkiv Oblast}}
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Category:Cities in Kharkiv Oblast
Category:Cities of district significance in Ukraine