Syvash, Kherson Oblast
Syvash (Ukrainian: Сиваш) is a village at the southernmost point of the Chonhar Peninsula on the northern coast of the Syvash sea in the Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of 257.[1] It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] The Novooleksiivka–Dzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the sea near the village.
Syvash
Сиваш | |
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Village | |
Syvash Syvash Syvash | |
| Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Henichesk Raion |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 257 |
Syvash was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War when they crossed the nearby border of the de facto Republic of Crimea.
References
- Ortschaft auf der offiziellen Webseite der Werchowna Rada, retrieved 10 December 2014.
- "Геническая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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