Holovkivka, Cherkasy Oblast

This article is about a village in Cherkasy Oblast. For a village in Kirovohrad Oblast, see Holovkivka, Kirovohrad Oblast.
Church in Holovkivka

Holovkivka (Ukrainian: Головківка) is a village in Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated in a historical region called Kholodnyi Yar (Ukrainian: Холодний Яр), a big forest massif which has historical and environmental significance. Holovkivka belongs to Medvedivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

In the village there is a church named after Ivan Bohuslova and 2 chapels.

Until 18 July 2020, Holovkivka was in Chyhyryn Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, and its area was merged into Cherkasy Raion.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Медведівська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  2. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.