What is "balabyne"

Balabyne is an urban-type settlement in the Zaporizhia Raion ( district) of Zaporizhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. Balabyne is the administrative center of the Balabyne Council, a local government area. Population: . In 2001, population was 5,668 according to the census.

The settlement was first founded in 1777 as the village of Petrivska . In 1938, it was renamed to Balabyne and given the status of an urban-type settlement. It is located on the left bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir, just south of Zaporizhia's Komunarskyi District.