Bolgrad Urban Community

A 80-year-old resident of Bolgrad, Ihor Fedorovych Shust, presented a project on cleaning and filling Lake Yalpuh with water. The inventor made all the calculations, and also built a working model of his invention, which he demonstrated to the public and to Mayor Serhiy Dymytriyev. He was always concerned with the town’s water supply and devoted several years to his invention: he carried out the necessary calculations, independent research, and designed a layout. To improve and fill the lake, it is proposed to build partitions in the canal that leads from the upper reaches of Lake Yalpuh to Moldova. The water filling the canal from the north will enter an isolated area through the partition, where it will settle, and then flow freely into the lake through the second partition. Thus, Yalpuh will be free of sediments in the water or other impurities that inevitably fall into the canal during rains and floods.Oksana Kilafly is known in Bolgrad as an active volunteer who helps collect aid for defenders. Since the beginning of the war, she has organized the weaving of camouflage nets together with caring residents. And at the beginning of September, at the request of the townspeople, she organized a Ukrainian language study club. After all, as it turned out, many citizens of Bolgrad did not study Ukrainian at all. If they know it, they don’t speak it, and some don’t understand it at all, because the Bolgrad community has a multilingual population (Bulgarians, Gagauz, Albanians, Moldovans, Ukrainians, etc.). Oksana comes from the Ivano-Frankivsk region and Ukrainian is her native language, and she wants to share her knowledge with everyone. Oksana contributes to victory every day.

Since the beginning of the war, our community has received 1,030 internally displaced persons, who are accommodated in 320 private houses, provided by the residents of the community for free. The community expects the arrival of another 1,200 Ukrainians fleeing the war, so it intensively prepares area for temporary stay: conducts inspections of premises, prepares design and estimate documentation for repair works, interacts with various charitable funds regarding the acquisition of furniture, generators and various equipment for future IDPs shelters etc.

A humanitarian aid reception point for the needs of military personnel, evacuees and families of the Bolgrad territorial community who found themselves in difficult life circumstances and for the Territorial Defence detachment of the Bolgrad territorial community has been established and operating in at the Bolgrad Town Council since March 01, 2022. The community is actively assisted by partner communities, charitable and religious organizations.

The community’s economic complex is traditionally based on the production of various types of agricultural products and their maximum processing. The average annual volume of agricultural products produced on the territory of the community is 200 – 300 million hryvnias in money terms. At the same time, only 4 to 6% of these products are processed on site. This circumstance is the main reserve for the growth of the local economy and is at the same time a priority area for investments. Also, supporting the technological development of agricultural enterprises is an important priority.

The industrial complex of the Bolgrad community is represented by food industry and power industry enterprises. Commercial wine products and wine materials are produced in a relatively small volume (compared to the possibilities). Also a limited range of dairy products and bakery products is offered here.

On the territory of the community there are thick sandy-clay freshwater sediments with layers of pebbles and gravel, therefore the production of building materials (bricks, tiles) can be organized here.