Borysivka, Odesa Oblast
Borysivka
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  Borysivka Location within Odesa Oblast  Borysivka Location within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′22″N 29°38′17″E / 45.78944°N 29.63806°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Odesa Oblast |
| Raion | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion |
| Hromada | Tatarbunary urban hromada |
| Established | 1822 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,803 |
| • Density | 1,163.23/km2 (3,012.8/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 68112 |
Borysivka (Ukrainian: Борисівка; Romanian: Borisăuca) is a village in Tatarbunary urban hromada, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. The population is 1,803 people.
A Romanian-inhabited village, its high school was the only in Odesa Oblast to feature education entirely in Romanian language as of 2026.
Demographics
According to the 1989 Ukrainian SSR census, the population of the village was 1,748 people (849 men and 899 women). According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population was 1,783 people.[1]
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[2]
| Language | Percent of population |
|---|---|
| Romanian | 91.80% |
| Ukrainian | 3.55% |
| Russian | 3.49% |
| Bulgarian | 0.44% |
| Gagauz | 0.33% |
| others | 0.39% |
The high school of Borysivka changed the name of the language used for teaching from "Moldovan" to Romanian and adopted the Romanian schools' curriculum in Ukraine on 25 May 2023, through a decision of the teaching staff.[3] The high school was the first educational institution in Odesa Oblast to drop the term "Moldovan". As of 2026, the high school in Borysivka was the only educational institution in the oblast with education entirely in Romanian, with the other 11 institutions existing in Budjak at the time featuring Romanian-language education also including Ukrainian in a mixed system.[4]
References
- ↑ "Кількість наявного та постійного населення по кожному сільському населеному пункту, Одеська область (осіб)". Банк даних Державної служби статистики України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2014-07-31.
- ↑ The Ukrainian census of 2001, language data by localities, at https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
- ↑ 'Lyceum from Odessa changes syntagma Moldovan language in syllabus, introduces Romanian language', in Moldpres, August 24, 2023, at https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2023/08/24/23006703. Archived with the WayBackMachine at https://web.archive.org/web/20240728032805/https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2023/08/24/23006703.
- ↑ "Vești bune pentru liceul românesc din Borisăuca: autoritățile promit reluarea înscrierilor în clasa a X-a". BucPress (in Romanian). 27 August 2026.