{{short description|Rural locality in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Bessarabske | native_name = {{Lang|uk|Бессарабське}} | other_name = | settlement_type = Rural settlement | image_skyline = File:St. Peter & Paul church, Tarutyne, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = Bessarabske prapor.png | image_shield = Bessarabske gerb.png | pushpin_map = Ukraine Odesa Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_map1 = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption1 = | coordinates = {{coord|46|11|N|29|9|E|type:city_region:UA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Odesa Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Bolhrad Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Bessarabske settlement hromada | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1812 | leader_party = | leader_title = City Head | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3.99 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 5692 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 68500 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = +380-4847 | website = | footnotes = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}
'''Bessarabske''' ({{langx|uk|Бессарабське}}), formerly known as '''Tarutyne''' ({{Langx|uk|Тарутине}}; {{langx|bg|Тарутино|Tarutino}}; {{langx|ro|Tarutino}} or {{lang|ro|Ancecrac}}),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Картка законопроекту - Законотворчість |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billinfo/Bills/Card/44913 |access-date=2026-03-10 |website=itd.rada.gov.ua}}</ref> is a rural settlement in southwestern Ukraine. It is located in Bolhrad Raion (district) of Odesa Oblast and in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Bessarabske hosts the administration of Tarutyne settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.<ref name="admreform_2020_tarutyne">{{cite web |title=Тарутинская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/tarutynska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|5,692|punct=.}}
==History== Until 18 July 2020, Tarutyne was the administration center of Tarutyne Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Tarutyne Raion was merged into Bolhrad Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
Until 26 January 2024, Tarutyne was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Tarutyne became a rural settlement.<ref name="glavnoe">{{cite news |title=Что изменится в Украине с 1 января |url=https://glavnoe.in.ua/ru/novosti/chto-yzmenytsya-v-ukrayne-s-1-yanvarya |work=glavnoe.in.ua |language=ru| date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
In September 2024, Tarutyne was renamed to Bessarabske as a part of the derussification campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |script-title=uk:Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів |trans-title=On renaming individual populated places and raions |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3984-IX#Text |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine}}</ref>
==Notable people== *Lucian Pintilie (1933–2018), theatre, film and opera director and screenwriter *Eliezer Shulman (1923–2006), biblical scholar and historian
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Category:Rural settlements in Bolhrad Raion Category:1812 establishments in Ukraine Category:Former German settlements in Odesa Oblast Category:Akkermansky Uyezd Category:Cetatea Albă County Category:Chilia County Category:Populated places in Bessarabske settlement hromada