Volodarka
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{{short description|Rural locality in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine}}{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Volodarka
| native_name = Володарка
| settlement_type = Rural settlement
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
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| subdivision_name2 = Bila Tserkva Raion
| image_flag = Volodarka prapor.png
| image_shield = Volodarka gerb.png
| population_est = 5708
| pop_est_as_of = 2022
| timezone1 = EET
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| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = Postal Code
| postal_code = 09301
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Volodarka ({{langx|uk|Володарка}}, {{langx|pl|Wołodarka}}) is a rural settlement located on the Ros River in Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. The town is about 20 miles SSW of the city of Bila Tserkva. It hosts the administration of Volodarka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Володарская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/volodarska/stavyschenska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|5,708}}. In 2001, the population was 7,639.
History
In 1900, there were 2,079 Jews living in Volodarka.{{cite web |title=JewishGen Locality Page - Volodarka, Ukraine |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1058704 |access-date=13 April 2023}} Nearly all of the town's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, including in a mass killing in the Volodarka town park, where they were forced to dig their own graves before being shot and buried there, in July 1941.{{cite web |title=Murder story of Volodarka Jews in the Volodarka Town Park |url=https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/killing-site/14627103-Volodarka-Town-Park |website=Yad Vashem |access-date=13 April 2023}}
The Battle of Wołodarka took place nearby in May, 1920.
Until 18 July 2020, Volodarka was the administrative center of Volodarka Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Volodarka Raion was merged into Bila Tserkva 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}}
Until 26 January 2024, Volodarka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Volodarka became a rural settlement.{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |lang=ru| date=1 January 2024}}
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