1) Type of country subdivision 
A khutor (p=ˈxutər) or khutir (ху́тiр, khutir, pl. ху́тори, khutory) is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single-homestead settlement. In Cossack-settled lands that encompassed today`s Ukraine, Kuban, and the lower Don river basin the word khutor was used to descr....
Ukrainian village.