Kodyma


Kódyma is a city of about 8762 inhabitants in Odessa Oblast of central Ukraine, located in the historic region of Podolia, south-eastern Podilia. It is the administrative center of Kodyma Raion. Population: 8,627

Description

Kodyma is named after a river Kodyma, on which it is located.
On maps of the 16th century of Wenceslaus Grodecki there is a region identified as "Codima solitudo, uastissima". The area is located around the mid-stream of Southern Bug. It is believed that the Kodyma's etymology of Turkic origin and means a lower saturated with water place.
In the Polish Geographic dictionary it is mentioned as a small town in Balta county and has a train station on the Kiev–Odessa railroad. The city foundation date is stated as 1754, however according to the Geographic Dictionary Kodyma as a real estate existed before and belonged to the family of Zamoyski. Later it transferred to the family of Koniecpolski after Johanna Barabara Zamoyska married Aleksander Koniecpolski.
In 1694 Cossacks of Semen Paliy defeated a Tatar army at the battle of Kodyma.
The modern city of Kodyma was founded by Józef Lubomirski in 1754.

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