Editing Village (section)

====Ukraine====
[[File:Маяки.jpg|thumbnail|[[Maiaky, Donetsk Oblast|Maiaky]], a village in [[Donetsk Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]]]In [[Ukraine]], a village, ({{langx|uk|село|selo}}, {{IPA|uk|selo|IPA}}), is considered the lowest administrative unit. Villages are under the jurisdiction of a [[hromada]] administration.

There is another smaller type of rural settlement which is designated in Ukrainian as a ''[[selyshche]]'' ({{lang|uk|селище}}). This type of community is often referred to in English as a "settlement". In the new law about [[populated places in Ukraine]] the term "selyshche", has a specific meaning. In the past the word "selyshche" was more ambiguous and there were distinction between rural ''selyshche'' and ''selyshche miskoho typu'' ([[urban-type settlement]]), abbreviated ''smt'' in Ukrainian. There we also ''[[dacha]]'', fisherman, etc. ''selyshches''

The ''[[khutir]]'' ({{lang|uk|хутір}}) and ''[[stanytsia]]'' ({{lang|uk|станиця}}) are not part of the [[administrative division]] any longer, primarily due to [[collectivization]]. ''[[Khutir]]s'' were very small rural localities consisting of just few housing units and were sort of individual farms. They became really popular during the [[Stolypin reform]] in the early 20th century. During the collectivization, however, residents of such settlements were usually declared to be [[kulaks]] and had all their property confiscated and distributed to others ([[nationalized]]) without any compensation. The ''stanitsa'' likewise has not survived as an administrative term. The ''stanitsa'' 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 in [[Kuban]] ([[Russian Federation]]) where Ukrainians were resettled during the time of the [[Russian Empire]].{{original research inline|date=July 2022}}