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Natalivka (Наталівка) — A village in Zapororozhskij rajon (district) of Zaporozhskaja oblast' (province) of Ukraine.

The population according to the 2001 census was 1,041 people. .

This is the administrative center of the Natalovsky village council, which, in addition, includes the villages of Lezhyne, Novostepnianske, Cherepivske and the village of Ivano-Hannivka.

It was founded in 1807. by Ilya Mikhailovich Umantsev.

The village named after its former owner, the wife of the Governor-General of the

Novorossisk Province of Russian Empire, Natalia Stroganov. By the way, she was a youthful love of the future great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.

Geographical position
The village of Natalovka is located on the left bank of the Mokraya Moskovka river, upstream, at a distance of 3 km, is the village of Cherepivske, downstream, at a distance of 5.5 km, on the opposite bank is the village of Rostusche. this is the village of Ivano-Hannivka.

History

 * Near the village there are two burial mounds of the Bronze Age (III-early II millennium BC).
 * 1807 - the date of foundation as the village of Umantsevo.
 * In the IXI century. Formed Natalovskaya volost, Alexandrovsky Uyezd,Yekaterinoslav Governorate
 * In 1826 (according to other sources in 1913) it was renamed into the village of Natalovka.
 * In 1816, the "Orthodox Church of St. Ilya" was founded. Which consisted of red bricks. Next to him, in 1884, a school was built with the money collected from the people.
 * In the middle of the 19th century, it merged with the village of Granitnoye.
 * In the 80s of the XIX century, a granite quarry was opened. Italian Carlo Pavoni was invited to modernize it.
 * In 1905-1907 there were rural unrest.
 * The party government was established in 1919.
 * In the 20s of the twentieth century, the Bolsheviks carried out the liquidation of the Church of St. Ilya.
 * In 1943. The village was liberated from the German fascist invaders. Later, an operation to liberate Zaporozhye began on this front line.
 * In 1970, the granite quarry was flooded. Аnd the development of a new quarry began nearby.
 * In 2017, a coup d'etat was averted.

Archeology
Near the village, two burial mounds with burials of the Bronze Age (III-I millennium BC) have been excavated. On a stone stele of one of the mounds, a warrior with a stone mace, a hammer-ax and a bow is depicted.

Economy

 * Natalievsky granite quarry.
 * "Saturn D", LLC.
 * LLC "Vityaz".
 * "Niva", agrofirm, LLC.

Sights

 * Two flooded granite quarries.
 * Several small waterfalls.
 * The largest wall painting in Ukraine is located not far from the village.
 * Mass grave of Soviet soldiers.
 * Obelisk in the center of the village. Dedicated to those who died in the Great Patriotic War, fellow villagers.

Famous people

 * Hero of Socialist Labor M.A. Grivtsova
 * Hero of the Soviet Union V. Avramenko
 * Awarded the Order of Lenin P.S. Andryukhov
 * Awarded the Order of Lenin S. I. Kuchmenko
 * A.A. Chukhriy was awarded the Order of Lenin.
 * Commander of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor I.G. Protsenko

Social facilities

 * School
 * Kindergarten
 * Outpatient department
 * Playground
 * Stadium
 * Library