Country Ukraine Raion Bereznehuvate Raion Founded 1841 Area 46 ha | Region Mykolaiv Oblast Administrative Classification KOATUU: 4821186060 Elevation 41 m (135 ft) Population 188 (2001) | |
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Romanivka (Ukrainian: Рома́нівка Russian: Романовка) - is a village in Ukraine. It is part of the Bereznehuvate Raion of the Mykolaiv Oblast.
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Map of Romanivka, Mykolaivs'ka oblast, Ukraine
Romanivka is the site of an ancient mega-settlement dating to 3600 - 3200 B.C. belonging to the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture. The settlement was for the time very large, covering an area of 100 hectares. This proto-city are just one of 2440 Cucuteni-Trypillia settlements discovered so far in Moldova and Ukraine. 194 (8%) of these settlements had an area of more than 10 hectares between 5000 - 2700 B.C. and more than 29 settlements had an area in the range 100 - 300 - 450 Hectares.
History
Romanivka was formed after a merger of Big Romanivka and Little Romanivka . It is and always was a predominantly Jewish settlement. Around 1886, many Jews of Kherson moved here. At that time, Romanivka had a population of 1476. The town was made up of 83 households and four synagogues and Jewish schools.