Shevchenkove, Shevchenkove Raion


Shevchenkove is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast. It serves as the administrative center of Shevchenkove Raion.
Main railway station in Schevchenkove is Schevchenkove-South.

History

It started in 1860 as a village named Bulacelovka after the owner of that land, Bulacel. It was located in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
A local newspaper is published here since February 1935.
During World War II it was under German occupation from February 1942 to February 1943.
Urban-type settlement since 1957.
In January 1989 the population was 7856 people.
In January 2013 the population was 7100 people.
In January 2018 the population was 6875 people.
The settlement contains a railway station and a three-star hotel, the Kharkov.