Artsyz

Artsyz

Artsyz

City in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine

Artsyz (Ukrainian: Арци́з, pronounced [ɐrˈt͡sɪz] ⓘ; Bulgarian: Арциз Artsiz; Romanian: Arciz; Turkish: Artsız or Arsız; German: Artzis or Arzis) is a city in Bolhrad Raion of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Artsyz urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 14,355 (2022 estimate).[1] In 2001, population was 16,370.

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Geography

In the northern part of the town of Balka Artyzka, it flows into the Chagu River.

Etymology

Artsyz got its name from the French town of Arcis-sur-Aube, in Champagne, where a local military clash took place on March 20–21, 1814.[3]

The town had various name options such as Arsis, Alt-Arsis, Artsyz or Ars-on-Chaga.

History

Historical affiliations

 Russian Empire 1816–1917
 Moldavian Democratic Republic 1917–1918
 Kingdom of Romania 1918–1940
 Soviet Union 1940–1941
 Kingdom of Romania 1941–1944
 Soviet Union 1944–1991
 Ukraine 1991–present

The city was founded in 1816 by German colonists from Swabia and the just dissolved Duchy of Warsaw and was named after the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. Steppe towns, founded by German settlers in the Odesa region in the 1810s-1830s, were named in memory of "victories of the Russian army" in the Napoleonic Wars. Such towns include Tarutyne, Wittensburg, Borodino, Leipzig, Verchampenoise, Paris, Teplice, and others. As of 1886, the German colony, the center of the Artsyz Volost of the Akkerman County of the Bessarabia Governorate, had a population of 1,503, with 122 households. There was a prayer house, a post station, a shop, 2 inns, 2 restaurants, 2 taverns, and 2 wineries, and bazaars were held every two weeks on Tuesdays.[4] The first inhabitants of Artsyz were German colonists from the Warsaw Duchy. They were granted significant privileges: each family received 60 desyatins of land, exemption from taxes for 50 years, and exemption from conscription forever. Agriculture and livestock farming developed rapidly.

Since August 24, 1991, Artsyz has been a part of Independent Ukraine. On February 23, 2016, by the decision of the Artsyz City Council, in accordance with the law of Ukraine "On condemnation of the communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbols," some streets in the city of Arciz were renamed. Since then, the streets of Arciz have received new names.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Artsyz was the administrative center of Artsyz Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Artsyz Raion was merged into Bolhrad Raion.[6][7]

Artsyz was bombed on 3 May 2022 by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
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    "Арцизская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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    М. Т. Янко. Топонімічний словник-довідник української РСР, К., «Радянська школа», 1973, стор. 16
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    Волости и важнейшие селения Европейской России [The Most Important Towns and Villages in European Russia] (in Russian). Vol. VIII. St. Petersburg: Центр. статист. комитет. 1886.
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    Арциз дав нові назви вулицям Archived 12 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine // «Українська Бесарабія» 23 February 2016
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    "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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    "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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    Kuznetsov, Dmytro (3 May 2022). "Российские военные нанесли ракетный удар по Арцизу Одесской области". RBC Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
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