Sharivka (Ukrainian: Шарівка, Russian: Шаровка) is a rural settlement in Bohodukhiv Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Merchyk, a tributary of the Merla in the drainage basin of the Dnieper. Sharivka belongs to Bohodukhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 1,546 (2022 estimate)[2] At least 332 of Sharivka’s Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.[3]

Sharivka
Шарівка
Sharivka Manor
Sharivka is located in Kharkiv Oblast
Sharivka
Sharivka
Location in Kharkiv Oblast
Sharivka is located in Ukraine
Sharivka
Sharivka
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 50°01′13″N 35°26′52″E / 50.02028°N 35.44778°E / 50.02028; 35.44778
CountryUkraine
OblastKharkiv Oblast
RaionBohodukhiv Raion
Population
 (2022)
 • Total1,546
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 26 January 2024, Sharivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Sharivka became a rural settlement.[4]

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Transportation

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The settlement has access by local roads to Kharkiv and Krasnokutsk.

References

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  1. ^ "Богодуховская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names".
  4. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.