Shyrokolanivka
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Shyrokolanivka is a village in the Veselynivskyi Raion
of the Mykolaiv Oblast
in southern Ukraine
. It is located along the east bank of the Berezan River.
The village was established in 1809 as Landau by Roman Catholic German
immigrants to the Beresaner Valley, then part of the Kherson Governorate
of the Russian Empire
. It received its present name after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet
army in 1944.
Veselynivskyi Raion
The Veselynove Raion is located in the Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Veselynove. The population of the district was 27,046 in 2001.-External links:...
of the Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast
Mykolaiv Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolayiv.-Geography:The Mykolaiv Oblast is located in the southern half of Ukraine...
in southern Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is located along the east bank of the Berezan River.
The village was established in 1809 as Landau by Roman Catholic German
Black Sea Germans
The Black Sea Germans are ethnic Germans who left their homeland in the 18th and 19th centuries, and settled in territories off the north coast of the Black Sea, mostly in southern Ukraine...
immigrants to the Beresaner Valley, then part of the Kherson Governorate
Kherson Governorate
The Kherson Governorate or Government of Kherson was a guberniya, or administrative territorial unit, in the Southern Ukrainian region, between the Dnieper and Dniester Rivers, of the Russian Empire. It was one of three governorates created in 1802 when the Novorossiya guberniya was abolished...
of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. It received its present name after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
army in 1944.