Baklanova Muraviika

Baklanova Muraviika (Ukrainian: Бакланова Муравійка) is a village in Ukraine, in Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast. The population is 473 persons in 2014; in the early 2000s 645 persons lived in the village.

History

In 2007 village school was closed and pupils were transferred in a school in Gorbove.^[1]

Until 18 July 2020, Baklanova Muraviika belonged to Kulykivka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to five. The area of Kulykivka Raion was merged into Chernihiv Raion.^[2][3]

During the Russo-Ukrainian War, the village was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on 10 March 2022.^[4]

Famous people

• Vadim Skuratovsky (Vadym Leontiyovych Skurativskiy) is a Ukrainian art historian and critic, an expert in literature, philologist, and political essayist.

Gallery

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  A typical "khata" (a rural house)
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  Shop
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  Village council and post office
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  Village club
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  Abandoned farms
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  Church
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  Shyroka Street
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  Abandoned khata on Central Street
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  Pond
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  A pond in the village center
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  Bus stop
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  Stadium
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  Storks flying over the village
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  Abandoned school
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  A well in the village