Shkarbynka

Shkarbynka is a rural-type settlement in Podilsk Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Liubashivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Incorporated in 1901, Shkarbynka has a population of 61, and an area of 0.389 km2.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Shkarbynka
Settlement.native_name: Шкарби́нка
Settlement.settlement_type: Rural-type settlement
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Odesa Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.established_date: 1901
Settlement.area_total_km2: 0.389
Settlement.population_total: 61
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Odesa Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Raion
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Hromada
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Liubashivka settlement hromada

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== History == During the Holodomor famine of 1933, kulak Vasiliy Horbatiuk was the leader of the Shkarbynka kolkhoz. In order to prevent his village from starving, Horbatiuk allowed the people to glean the fields. He was promptly arrested for this act, and he died at the age of 28 in prison.

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