Vasylivka, Bolhrad Raion, Odesa Oblast
Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка; Romanian: Vaisal) is a village in Bolhrad Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vasylivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
The village was built c. 1830s by Bulgarian refugees that came from a village named Vaisal (Odrinsko) & Stara Planina.
At first this was not in Ukraine but it was called Besarabia and was part of Romania until 1879. In 1861–1862, there were 1568 refugees that came from Bulgaria.
Notable people
References
- ^ "Васильевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ BulgariNation.com, History about Odesskaya Oblast'
- ^ Дойнов, Стефан. Българите в Украйна и Молдова през Възраждането (1751-1878). София, Академично издателство „Марин Дринов“, 2005. ISBN 954-322-019-0. с. 136.