Bahacheve (Ukrainian: Багачеве, IPA: [bɐɦɐˈtʃɛve]), formerly known as Vatutine (Ukrainian: Ватутіне) is a city in Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
[3] Until 18 July 2020, Bahacheve was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Vatutine Municipality but not to any raion.
[citation needed] On 3 April 2024, the Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-government, Regional Development, and Urban Planning [uk] in the Verkhovna Rada stated their support for renaming the city to Bahacheve.
[6] On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Vatutine to Bahacheve.
[9] Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[10] Bahacheve is twinned with: