A sloboda was a type of settlement in the history of Belarus , Russia and Ukraine . The name is derived from the early Slavic word for ' freedom ' and may be loosely translated as 'free settlement'.
9-647: (Redirected from Alekseyevka ) Alexeyevka , Alekseyevka , Alekseevka , or Alexeevka , may refer to: Alexeyevka, Belgorod Oblast , a town in Russia Alekseyevka, Chüy , a village in Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan Alexeyevka, Kazakhstan , a town in Kazakhstan Alekseyevka, Khachmaz , a village in Khachmaz District, Azerbaijan Alekseyevka, Quba ,
18-593: A sloboda was a colonization-type settlement in sparsely populated lands, particularly by Cossacks in Cossack Hetmanate , see " Sloboda Ukraine ". Initially, the settlers of such sloboda were freed from various taxes and levies for various reasons, hence the name. Freedom from taxes was an incentive for colonization . By the first half of the 18th century, this privilege was abolished, and slobodas became ordinary villages , shtetls , townlets , suburbs. Some slobodas were suburban settlements, right behind
27-644: A village in Gagauzia , Moldova See also [ edit ] Alexey Alexeyev Alexeyevsky (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexeyevka&oldid=1134790593 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-715: A village in Quba District, Azerbaijan Alexeyevka, Russia , several inhabited localities in Russia Həsənsu , or Alekseyevka, Agstafa District, Azerbaijan Kamenny Ruchey air base , or Alekseyevka, in the Russian Far East Ketmen-Töbö , a town in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan, formerly Alekseyevka Torez , city in Ukraine, currently Chystiakove, formerly Oleksiivka (Alekseevka) Alexeyevka, Moldova ,
45-896: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alexeyevka, Belgorod Oblast Alexeyevka ( Russian : Алексе́евка ) is a town in Belgorod Oblast , Russia , located on the Tikhaya Sosna River ( Don 's basin ) 306 kilometers (190 mi) east of Belgorod . Population: 36,578 ( 2021 Census ) ; 39,026 ( 2010 Census ) ; 39,312 ( 2002 Census ) ; 36,641 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . [REDACTED] Tsardom of Russia 1685–1721 [REDACTED] Russian Empire 1721–1917 [REDACTED] Russian Republic 1917 [REDACTED] Soviet Russia 1917–1922 [REDACTED] Soviet Union 1922–1991 [REDACTED] Russian Federation 1991–present It
54-508: Is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Alexeyevka—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , the town of oblast significance of Alexeyevka is incorporated within Alexeyevsky Municipal District as Alexeyevka Urban Settlement . [REDACTED] Media related to Alexeyevka, Belgorod Oblast at Wikimedia Commons Sloboda (settlement) In
63-457: The city wall. Many of them were subsequently incorporated into cities, and the corresponding toponyms indicate their origin. The Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary relates that by the end of the 19th century a sloboda was a large village with more than one church, a marketplace, and volost administration, or a village-type settlement of industrial character, where the peasants have little involvement in agriculture . The term
72-487: The history of Russia, a sloboda was a settlement or a town district of people free of the power of boyars . Often these were settlements of tradesmen and artisans, and were named according to their trade, such as the yamshchiks ' sloboda ( Russian : ямская слобода , yamskaya sloboda [ ru ] ) and smiths ' sloboda . The German Quarter in Moscow ( nemetskaya sloboda ) was set up to house foreigners. Often
81-498: Was founded in 1685 as Alexeyevka (or Alexeyevskaya ) sloboda , named after Alexey Cherkassky, its first owner. During World War II, Alexeyevka was occupied by the German Army from 1942 until 1943. Town status was granted to it in 1954. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Alexeyevka serves as the administrative center of Alexeyevsky District , even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it
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