Andreevka (Balakleysky district)

The urban-type settlement Andreevka is located on the left bank of the Seversky Donets River , upstream at a distance of 2 km is Lake Liman , on the opposite bank - the village of Donetsk .

The highway T-2105 passes through the village.

Nearby passes the railway line " Kharkov - Krasny Liman ", Shebelinka and Andreevka stations ^[2] .

Large forests (oak, pine) adjoin the village.

The territory of the village was inhabited as far back as V — IV millennia BC. e. This is evidenced by the remains of three settlements of the Neolithic era. In addition, mammoth bones and silver money of Ivan IV were found here.

For the first time, the village of Andreev Loz was mentioned in 1627 ^[3] in the “ Book of the Big Drawing ” ^[4] .

In 1663, fleeing the oppression of the Polish feudal lords, a group of immigrants arrived here from Right-Bank Ukraine . In 1673, the settlement was found under the name Sloboda Andreeva, and from 1681 - Andreevka ^[5] .

Andreevka was one of the fortified points built on the southern border of the Russian state to protect against attacks by the Crimean Tatars (there were reports that in August 1673 the Tatars were seen under the walls of the settlement, and in 1681 they appeared again and captured 20 people).

In 1685, Andreevka became part of the Izyum regiment ^[4] .

On July 13, 1688, in the Andreevka region, when crossing the river, a detachment of Crimean Tatars was defeated ^[4] .

In the spring of 1817, Andreevka became a military settlement ^[4] . The Borisoglebsky regiment was stationed here, in connection with which it was renamed Novoborisoglebsk. After the abolition of the system of military settlements, Andreevka became a village of Zmievsky district of the Kharkov province . At the beginning of the 20th century, the population was about 6 thousand people ^[6] .

In 1910, during the construction of the South-Donetsk railway near Andreevka, the Shebelinka station was built, which contributed to the development of the village. In 1913, a hospital was opened here (in which 1 doctor, 1 paramedic and 6 paramedics worked) ^[4] .

In January 1918, Soviet power was established in the county, but in April 1918, German troops occupied the village. Under the German occupation, an underground group arose in the village, headed by D. G. Shmatko (later on becoming the basis of the Andreevsky partisan detachment) ^[4] .

During the civil war, power in the county changed several times, but on December 23, 1919, Soviet power was restored ^[4] .

In 1928, a commune named after him was organized here. T. G. Shevchenko (since 1930 - TSOZ), in April 1929 - TSOZ "Chervoniy Partizan" ^[4] .

In the 1930s, a power station, creamery, MTS and a new school were built here ^[4] .

In 1938 - assigned the status of urban-type settlement .

During the Great Patriotic War from December 7, 1941 to February 9, 1943, the village was under German occupation , during the retreat, German troops completely destroyed it ^[4] .

In 1959, the population was13,000 people ^[7] .

After the discovery of a natural gas field in the Shebelinsky district in 1960, the Andreevsky gas-gas plant was built here ^[4] .

In 1968, the population was 14.6 thousand people, the largest enterprises were a brick factory, a children's clothing factory, a dairy and other food industry enterprises ^[2] .

In 1978, there was a gas processing plant, a bread factory, a sewing factory for the sewing of children's clothes, a workshop for reinforced concrete products and cinder blocks of the Balakley building materials factory, an industrial plant, a public center, three secondary schools, three medical institutions, a Culture House , a club, a cinema and 10 libraries ^[3] .

In 1989, the population was 10619 people ^[8] .

According to the results of the 2001 All-Ukrainian Population Census, the population was 9705 people ^{[ specify ]} .

The economic crisis that began in 2008 complicated the situation of the Andreevsky bakery, whose management in December 2009 decided to liquidate the enterprise ^[9] . In March 2010, the Andreevsky bakery was declared bankrupt ^[10] .

As of January 1, 2011, the population was 9045 people, as of January 1, 2012 - 8977 people, as of January 1, 2013 - 8967 people ^[11] .

• Shevchenko Boris Demidovich ( 1904 - 1944 ) - Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union , was born in the village of Andreevka .
• Shelest Petr Efimovich ( 1908 - 1996 ) - Soviet party and statesman, member of the Politburo, Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1964-1973), first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1963-1972), was born in the village of Andreevka .

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  Village council

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  St. Andrew's Hospital

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  St. Andrew's House of Children and Youth Creativity

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  Railway station Shebelinka

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  House of Culture

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  Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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  Memorial plaque to the liquidators and victims of the Chernobyl accident

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  Monument to Taras Shevchenko

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  Cenotaph

• Website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
• Video of the village of Andreevka
• Andreevka, Balakleysky district - Kharkiv region