Baranivka, Shyshaky Raion


Baranivka is a village in the Poltava Oblast of central Ukraine. The village is located in the Shyshaky Raion of the Poltava Oblast, at around.

Geography

The settlement of Baranivka is situated on the left bank of the river Psel, neighbouring with the settlements of Kuibysheve and Velykyi Pereviz. The auto routes Т-1720 and Т-1710 are close to the settlement.

History

The name of the settlement of Baranivka was first mentioned in the 17th century. In July 1661 the estate on Psel River: the small town of Baranivka and the village Pereviz, as well as the village Portanka were given to a nobleman Ivan Rudnytskyi. Those time the privilege to own "the hamlet on Psel" was given to Semen Holukhovskyi, a Cossack captain who was a chief of the Cossack Embassy to the Kingdom of Poland.

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