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Kotelva

Kotelva
Котельва
Urban type settlement
Flag of Kotelva
Flag
Coat of arms of Kotelva
Coat of arms
Kotelva is located in Ukraine
Kotelva
Kotelva
Coordinates: 50°3′51.68″N 34°44′58.16″E / 50.0643556°N 34.7494889°E / 50.0643556; 34.7494889
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Poltava Oblast
Raion Kotelva Raion
Founded 1582
Government
 • Head of city council Ivan M. Harkvenko
Area
 • Total 26.87 km2 (10.37 sq mi)
Elevation 102 m (335 ft)
Population (2016)
 • Total 12,387
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 38600
Area code(s) 5350

Kotelva (Ukrainian: Котельва) is an Urban-type settlement in Kotelva Raion in Poltava Oblast and the administrative centre of Kotelva Raion. Its population was 12,387 (2016 est.)

Kotelva is in the northeastern area of forest on the left tributary of the Vorskla River, the Kotelva River. Kotelva is 66 km from Poltava on N12 and 35 km from the nearest train station.

Two settlements of the Bandaryhynska culture dating back to the 12th and 10th centuries BC were found on the outskirts of Kotelva.

Kotelva was one of the earliest settlements of the Left-bank Hetmanate. The settlement emerged in the mid-16th century and in 1709 was temporarily included in Slobodian. The emergence of a new settlement on the left bank laid its development in both the political and religious areas.

Kotelva was first mentioned in writing in 1582 when Hetman Skalozub told it about the attack of the Crimean state units. In 1638, inhabitants of the town first attacked against the Polish authorities in the army of Hetman Pivtorakozhuka. For ten years, during the Khmelnytsky Uprising, Kotelva inhabitants participated in battles under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. In the second half of the 17th century and in the first half of the 18th century Kotelva was a fortress protecting against attacks of Crimean and Nogai troops. In January 1709, Charles XII of Sweden spared the city. Later deceit town came under the direct jurisdiction of Grand Duchy of Moscow and entered into the Akhtyrsky regiment of Sloboda Ukraine. The church remained subordinate to the Kyiv Metropolis.

Subsequently, Kotelva rebuilt the castle in 1718. In 1722, the Akhtyrsky Regiment was excluded from Kiev province and went into the Military College. In the 1732 census, Kotelva had a population of 3,877.


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