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InUkraine, avillage (Ukrainian:село,romanized: selo,IPA:[seˈlɔ]ⓘ) is considered the lowest administrative unit. Villages are under the jurisdiction of ahromada administration.
There is another smaller type of rural settlement which is designated in Ukrainian as aselyshche (селище). This type of community is often referred to in English as a "settlement". In the new law aboutpopulated places in Ukraine the term "selyshche", has a specific meaning. In the past the word "selyshche" was more ambiguous and there were distinction between ruralselyshche andselyshche miskoho typu (urban-type settlement), abbreviatedsmt in Ukrainian. There we alsodacha, fisherman, etc.selyshches
Thekhutir (хутір) andstanytsia (станиця) are not part of theadministrative division any longer, primarily due tocollectivization.Khutirs were very small rural localities consisting of just few housing units and were sort of individual farms. They became really popular during theStolypin reform in the early 20th century. During the collectivization, however, residents of such settlements were usually declared to bekulaks and had all their property confiscated and distributed to others (nationalized) without any compensation. Thestanitsa likewise has not survived as an administrative term. Thestanitsa was a type of a collective community that could include one or more settlements such as villages,khutirs, and others. Today,stanitsa-type formations have only survived inKuban (Russian Federation) where Ukrainians were resettled during the time of theRussian Empire.[original research?]
According to the2001 Ukrainian census, there were many thousands of villages across Ukraine. Currently, villages are one of the smallest and most basic type ofpopulated place in Ukraine, with the designation reserved by theVerkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, for settlements with populations of less than 5,000 people.[1][2][3]