Velyka Bilozerka
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Velyka Bilozerka ({{langx|uk|Велика Білозерка}}; {{langx|ru|Великая Белозёрка}}) is a rural locality (selo) in Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine. Before July 18, 2020 it served as the administrative center of Velyka Bilozerka Raion, which was abolished. The population in 2018 was 8339.{{cite web|url=http://vbeloz.gov.ua/structure/|title=Великобілозерська районна державна адміністрація - картка району|publisher=Velyka Bilozerka district administration|language=Ukrainian|accessdate=15 September 2018}}
Velyka Bilozerka is located on both banks of the Bilozerka River, a left tributary of the Dnieper.
History
The locality was founded in 1778 by settlers from Chernigov and Poltava Governorates of the Russian Empire.{{cite web|url=http://esu.com.ua/search_articles.php?id=32680|title=Velyka Bilozerka|publisher=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine|language=Ukrainian|accessdate=15 September 2018}} It belonged to Novorossiya Governorate, since 1783 to Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty, and since 1802 to Taurida Governorate. In ХІХ century the village was part of Veliko-Belozerka volost, Melitopolsky Uyezd, Taurida Governorate.[http://www.surnameindex.info/info/tavrida/melitopol/velikobelozerka/index.html Историческая информация о селе Велико-Белозерка]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was occupied by Russia and is currently under Russian control.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
Economy
=Transportation=
Velyka Bilozerka is connected by roads with Kamianka-Dniprovska, Mykhailivka, and Melitopol. In Melitopol, it has access to the M14 highway connecting Odesa and Mariupol, as well as the M18 highway which runs to Kharkiv via Dnipro.