The coat of arms of Bolhrad

Bolhrad (Ukrainian: Болград, Bulgarian: Болград) is a small city in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Bolhradsky Raion (district), and is located at around 45°40′N, 28°32′E. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 200 × 268 pixelsFull resolution (200 × 268 pixel, file size: 5 KB, MIME type: image/gif)Coat of arms of Bolhrad. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 200 × 268 pixelsFull resolution (200 × 268 pixel, file size: 5 KB, MIME type: image/gif)Coat of arms of Bolhrad. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Odessa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, Odes’ka oblast’ or Одещина, Odeshchyna) is an oblast of south-western Ukraine. ... Oblast (Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblasÅ¥, Russian and Ukrainian: , Belarusian: , Bulgarian: о́бласт) refers to a subnational entity in some countries. ... Capital City is a 60-minute television show produced by Euston Films that ran for 13 episodes in 1989 on ITV. This drama focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman. ... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ...

The current estimated population is around 17,400 (as of 2001). 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Bolhrad was founded in 1821 by Bulgarian settlers and was part of Romania from 1856 to 1878, 1918 to 1940, and 1941 to 1944, before being included in the territory of the Ukrainian SSR and later independent Ukraine. The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... State motto: Пролетарі всіх країн, єднайтеся! Official language None. ...

The surrounding Bolhradsky district is predominantly populated by ethnic Bulgarians (a majority of 61%). Bolhrad is also inhabited by a large number of Bessarabian Bulgarians, and is considered by locals to be the unofficial capital of the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak. The Bessarabian Bulgarians (Bulgarian: бесарабски българи, besarabski bâlgari) are a Bulgarian minority group of the historical region of Bessarabia, inhabiting parts of present-day Ukraine (Odessa Oblast) and Moldova. ... 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish, Бесарабія in Ukrainian) is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the East and the Prut River on the West. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Notable natives

• Danail Nikolaev (1852-1942), Bulgarian general
• Dimitar Grekov (1847-1901), Bulgarian politician
• Petro Poroshenko (b. 1965), Ukrainian businessman and politician
• Volf Moskovich (b. 1936), linguist and Yiddish lexicographer

Dimitar Panayotov Grekov (Bulgarian: ) (14 September 1847 – 7 May 1901) was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who also served as Prime Minister. ... Petro Poroshenko (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician, popularly known as the Chocolate King, after confectionary factories he owns. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

Links

• More about Bolhrad on the web-site of Bolgrad gymnasium

References

• This article is based on a translation of Болград from the Russian Wikipedia (March 23, 2007).

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	Administrative divisions of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
	Raions: Ananyivskyi | Artsyzkyi | Baltskyi | Berezivskyi | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | Biliayivskyi | Bolhradskyi | Frunzivskyi | Ivanivskyi | Izmailskyi | Kiliyskyi | Kodymskyi | Kominternivskyi | Kotovskyi | Krasnooknianskyi | Liubashivskyi | Mykolaivskyi | Ovidiopolskyi | Reniyskyi | Rozdilniaskyi | Saratskyi | Savranskyi | Shyriayivskyi | Tarutynskyi | Tatarbunarskyi | Velykomykhailivskyi Image File history File links Odessa-oblast-COA.PNG File links The following pages link to this file: Odessa Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Rozdilna Yuzhne Vilkovo Reni, Ukraine Izmail Bolhrad Kilia, Ukraine Tatarbunary Balta, Ukraine Template:Cities in Odessa Oblast ... Odessa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, Odes’ka oblast’ or Одещина, Odeshchyna) is an oblast of south-western Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Raions of Ukraine (Ukrainian: ) are small territorial units of subdivision of Ukraine. ... The Reniyskyi Raion (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is in south-western Ukraine, in the region of Budzhak. ... Tarutynskyi Raion (Ukrainian: ; Bulgarian: ; Russian: ) is a raion (administrative division) in Odessa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. ... Tatarbunarskyi Raion (Ukrainian: ) is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. ...
	Cities: Ananiv | Artsyz | Balta | Berezivka | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | Biliaivka | Bolhrad | Illichivsk | Izmail | Kilia | Kodyma | Kotovsk | Odessa | Reni | Rozdilna | Tatarbunary | Teplodar | Vylkove | Yuzhne As of January 1, 2006 there are 457 cities (Ukrainian: мiсто, misto) in Ukraine. ... Ananiv (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Artsyz (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... old jewish cemetery in Balta, 2005 Balta (Ukrainian: ) is a small town (pop. ... Berezivka (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ukrainian: , translit. ... Biliaivka (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Illichivsk is a port town in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Izmail or Ismail (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ; Romanian: Ismail), is a town in south-western Ukraine, located near Danube delta in Odessa Oblast (province). ... Kilia or Kiliya (Ukrainian:Кілія; Russian: ; Romanian: Chilia) is a town in south-western Ukraine, located in the Danube Delta in Odessa Oblast (province) - in the Budjak informal region. ... Kodyma is a town in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Kotovsky Memorial in Kotovsk Kotovsk (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, administrative center of Kotovskyi Raion. ... For other uses, see Odessa (disambiguation). ... Reni is a city with about 20,000 people, located at the south-western tip of Ukraine, in the Budjak region. ... Rozdilna is a town in the Odeska oblast of the Ukraine. ... Tatarbunary is a town in Ukraine approximately 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Odesa, located in the historically-disputed area north of the Danube Delta known as The Dragons Beard. ... Teplodar (Ukrainian: ) is a small city in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Vilkovo (Ukrainian: , Russian: ) is a town located in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, at utmost South-West of Ukraine, in Kiliya raion of Odessa oblast. ... Yuzhny (Ukrainian: , Russian: , translit. ...
	Urban-type settlements: Frunzivka | Ivanivka | Kominternivske | Krasni Okny | Liubashivka | Mykolaivka | Ovidiopol | Sarata | Savran | Shyriaieve | Tarutyne | Velyka Mykhailivka | more... As of January 1, 2006 there are 886 urban-type settlements (Ukrainian: , translit. ... Ovidiopol is a coastal town in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. ... Sarata (Romanian: Sărata) is a town in south-western Ukraine, in the region of Bugeac (south-western Odessa Oblast). ... Tarutyne (Ukrainian: ; Bulgarian and Russian: Тарутино Tarutino; Romanian: ; German: ) is an urban-type settlement in southwestern Ukraine. ... As of January 1, 2006 there are 886 urban-type settlements (Ukrainian: , translit. ...
	Villages: Kotlovyna | more... Kotlovyna (Ukrainian: ; Russian: translit Kotlovina; until 1948: Bolboka) is a selo (village) in the Reniyskyi Raion of the southern Ukrainian oblast of Odessa. ...