Kalyta (Ukrainian: Калита) is a rural settlement in Brovary Raion (district) of Kyiv Oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kalyta settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Kalyta's population was 4,982 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2] Current population: 4,716 (2022 estimate)[3].

Kalyta
Калита
Coat of arms of Kalyta
Kalyta is located in Kyiv Oblast
Kalyta
Kalyta
Location of Kalyta in Ukraine
Kalyta is located in Ukraine
Kalyta
Kalyta
Kalyta (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 50°45′01″N 31°01′35″E / 50.75028°N 31.02639°E / 50.75028; 31.02639
Country Ukraine
Province Kyiv Oblast
DistrictBrovary Raion
Founded1600
Town status1973
Government
 • Town HeadStanislav Moroz
Area
 • Total11.27 km2 (4.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total4,982
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
07420
Area code+380 4594
Websiterada.gov.ua

History

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The town of Kalyta is said to have been founded in 1600,[2] although the first written mention of the town dates Kalyta to 1628, seen in an old Polish illustration. During the middle of the 17th century, the local organization of the Elected Cossacks were based in Kalyta.

Until 26 January 2024, Kalyta was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kalyta became a rural settlement.[4]

Symbol

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Kalyta was settled on a raised landscape, which allowed the town's inhabitants to build windmills which would produce grain for all of the nearby settlements. At the turn of the 20th century, townsfolk stated that there was a total of 62 windmills in Kalyta. The town's coat of arms, respectfully, features a windmill.

References

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  1. ^ "Калитянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ a b "Kalyta, Kyiv Oblast, Brovary Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.