Hryhorivka, Kherson Oblast

46°17′33″N 33°44′6″E / 46.29250°N 33.73500°E / 46.29250; 33.73500

Hryhorivka
Григорівка
Hryhorivka is located in Kherson Oblast
Hryhorivka
Hryhorivka
Hryhorivka is located in Ukraine
Hryhorivka
Hryhorivka
Coordinates: 46°17′33″N 33°44′06″E / 46.2925°N 33.735°E / 46.2925; 33.735
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson Oblast
RaionKakhovka Raion
Area
 • Total
4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
1,814
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
75240

Hryhorivka (Ukrainian: Григорівка), is a village in southern Ukraine, which is located in Kakhovka Raion of Kherson Oblast and hosts the administration of the Hryhorivka rural hromada, one of the Hromadas of Ukraine.[1]

The village is near Lake Lemuria, a lake in Ukraine well-known for its pink color, which comes from beta-carotene-producing algae.

It has an area of 4.3 km2 and a population of approximately 1,814 people.

Languages spoken

Ukrainian: 87.05%

Russian: 5.68%

Others: 7.27%[2]

History

The area that would become Hryhorivka became part of the Russian Empire after Russia annexed the Crimean Khanate in 1783. The village was founded in 1869, and became part of the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic during the Russian Civil War. The village suffered through Holodomor from 1932-1933, where 9 residents from this small village alone died from starvation.[3]

It was occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, but was liberated by the Red Army during the Battle of the Dnieper.

Hryhorivka 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[citation needed] and is still currently under occupation as of May 2024.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Григорьевская (Присивашская) громада - Херсонская область,". gromada.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  2. ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Херсонська область (у % до загальної чисельності населення)". State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. ^ "Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні". Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2023-02-16.