Not to be confused with larger city of Voronezh > Russia !!!
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There are appx 51,000 Levchenko living in Ukraine today.
This is a very common Eastern Ukrainian surname.
Ten+ of those still live in Voronizh/Вороніж > today in Shostkynskij raion/district of Sumska oblast/region.In 1900 Voronezh was in Glukhiov uyezd/county > Chernigovskaya
gubernia/region > Tsarist Russia. In 1930 Voronezh was moved geographically to Sumska oblast >part of SSR Ukraine, under Soviet domain, until 1991 when Ukraine became independent. Your ancestral town of appx 7,652 is 157 miles NE of Kyiv.
ЛЕВЧЕНКО АЛЕКСАНДРА ТИХОНОВНА 1929-10-16 ВОРОНІЖ КІРОВА 24
ЛЕВЧЕНКО НАТАЛИЯ ВЛАДИМИРОВНА 1982-07-10 ВОРОНІЖ БАБУШКІНА 6
ЛЕВЧЕНКО ЕКАТЕРИНА СЕМЕНОВНА 1918-09-23 ВОРОНІЖ КУЙБИШЕВА 84
ЛЕВЧЕНКО НАДЕЖДА ДМИТРИЕВНА 1936-03-17 ВОРОНІЖ КИЇВСЬКА 13/14
ЛЕВЧЕНКО ВЛАДИМИР ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ 1941-09-07 ВОРОНІЖ ДЗЕРЖИНСЬКОГО 3
ЛЕВЧЕНКО НАДЕЖДА ИВАНОВНА 1943-09-14 ВОРОНІЖ К ОШОВОГО 17/1
ЛЕВЧЕНКО НИНА СТЕПАНОВНА 1952-10-30 ВОРОНІЖ БАБУШКІНА 6
ЛЕВЧЕНКО АНДРЕЙ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ 1978-10-05 ВОРОНІЖ ДЗЕРЖИНСЬКОГО 3
ЛЕВЧЕНКО ИВАН ОСТАПОВИЧ 1938-02-17 ВОРОНІЖ РАДЯНСЬКА 6
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Walter was more likely originally named Volodymir.
Church Records should show his full name
as ВЛАДИМИР ЛЕВЧЕНКО. Mother was Marya and Father was Yakov. You should try ascertaining his exact DOB (including month and day) before starting to research the five+ Orthodox Churches in Voronizh. These are in Russian, so make sure you have all the names transliterated.
LDS has filmed Census and Military Records for 1829. There are also church registers available from the five+
Orthodox Churches in Voronizh, which should provide you w/a family tree. Have you ever researched LDS films?