Skorokhodove

Skorokhodove Скороходове
Urban-type settlement
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Coordinates: 49°46′N 35°04′E / 49.76°N 35.06°ECoordinates: 49°46′N 35°04′E / 49.76°N 35.06°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Poltava
Raion	Chutivskyi Raion
Founded	1938
Population (2015)
• Total	3,303
Postal code	38813
Area code(s)	+380 5347

Skorokhodove (Ukrainian: Скороходове) is an urban-type settlement in Chutivskyi Raion (district), Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine.

It is located 10 km away from the Kiev-Kharkiv interstate. Also in the settlement is a rail station Skorokhodovo.

History

It was founded in 1938,^[1] around Artem sugar factory. Another source has the establishment date around 1903-1905.^[2]

Town was occupied on October 4, 1941 by the German army. It was liberated on September 3, 1943.^[3]

Old Postal code used to be 315061, now it is 38831.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1959	5,700	—
1969	6,900	+21.1%
1989	4,300	−37.7%
2001	3,628	−15.6%
2007	3,111	−14.3%

Annual growth is -1.51%.^[5] 2007 Population is estimated.

Government

City council building is located at Artema 15, Skorohodove, Chutovo distr., Poltava reg., 38813, Ukraine. City council consists of 25 members.^[6]

Head of city council since March 26, 2006 - Drozd Vasil Michailovich (ДРОЗД Василь Михайлович). Born in 1950.^[7]

Elections

2004 Presidential Elections October 31, 2004

Presidential Candidate	Vote Total	%
Viktor Yushchenko	380	35.71
Viktor Yanukovych (W)	463	43.51
Petro Symonenko	69	6.48
Oleksandr Moroz	53	4.98
Nataliya Vitrenko	22	2.06
Oleksandr Yakovenko	7	0.65
Anatoliy Kinakh	6	0.56
Mikhaylo Brodskiy	2	0.18
О. Baziluk	1	0.09
Yuriy Zbitnev	1	0.09
R. Kozak	1	0.09
D. Korchinskiy	1	0.09
V. Kruvobokov	1	0.09
Volodumur Nechuporuk	1	0.09
O. Omelchinko	1	0.09
Oleksandr Rzhavskiy	1	0.09
A. Chornovil	1	0.09
Total	1,064
Source: WWW ІАС "Ukrainian Presidential Election"

2nd 2004 Presidential Elections November 21, 2004

Presidential Candidate	Vote Total	%
Viktor Yushchenko	423	39.16
Viktor Yanukovych (W)	615	56.94
Other	42	2.87
Total	1,080
Source: WWW ІАС "Ukrainian Presidential Election"

2004 Presidential Elections December 26, 2004

Presidential Candidate	Vote Total	%
Viktor Yushchenko	397	39.54
Viktor Yanukovych (W)	562	55.97
Other	45	3.28
Total	1,004
Source: WWW ІАС "Ukrainian Presidential Election"

Economy

Agriculture and Food Processing

Sugar factory "Artem".

Skorohodovskiy Dairy Factory, Open Joint-Stock Company^[8]
Director - M. Petrinenko
Pervomaiska St.1, vil. Skorohodove, Chutivskyi distr., Poltava reg., 38813, Ukraine

• dairy products
• casein
• butter

Bread Warehouse N88, State Enterprise^[9]
Skorohodove, Chutovo distr., Poltava reg., 38813, Ukraine
Opened in 1954.
Number of employees (total in the company) 101 - 250

ZORIA Agri-Enterprise^[10]
Skorohodove, Chutovo distr., Poltava reg., 38813, Ukraine
Opened in 1992.
Number of employees (total in the company) 1 - 10

Industrial organizations

Artemivka Motor Transport Repair Plant, PubJSC^[11]
Director - M. Petrinenko
Myru St.2, vil. Skorohodove, Chutovo distr., Poltava reg., 38813, Ukraine
Opened in 1994.
Number of employees (total in the company) 51 - 100

Education

School
On June 2, 2004 teachers underwent short training on how to use a computer.^[12]

School of Working Youth
Theatre

References

1. Регіони України Та Їх Склад
2. Artemivka
3. до 60 річчя Перемоги ... Полтавська обласна державна адміністрація
4. (Russian) http://www.ukrpost.org.ua/clients/ukrpost/ukrposten.nsf/63bea0572b35cf89c22568eb0045a302/32cb5b7164eacab2c2256960002cff30?OpenDocument
5. "World Gazetteer: Poltavsʿka - largest cities (per geographical entity)".
6. Регіони України Та Їх Склад
7. Регіони України Та Їх Склад
8. Skorohodovskiy Dairy Factory, Open Joint-Stock Company | Economic Potential of Regions of Ukraine
9. Bread Warehouse N88, State Enterprise
10. ZORIA Agri-Enterprise
11. Artemivka Motor Transport Repair Plant, PubJSC
12. Полтава. IATP в Україні

External links

• Map