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Oleksandrivka (Ukrainian: Олександрівка) is a village (selo) in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It has formerly been called Bublykov, Nyzhni Solonets, Kashov, Shtykhov, and Miloradovich.[1] The population was approximately 2,596 people.
Administrative status
Until 18 July 2020, Oleksandrivka was located in the Bilozerka Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Bilozerka Raion was merged into Kherson Raion.[2][3]
Geography
The eastern end of the landscape reserve, the lake (left) and village (left distant)
The village is on the shore of the Dnieper–Bug estuary, an inlet of the Black Sea. A lake at the western end of the village is separated from the estuary by a narrow strip of land with a road running along it. Beyond the lake, the coastal strip is part of the 996-hectare Oleksandrivka protected landscape area of national importance, which was created in 2002.[4]
In 1754, the village of Oleksandrivka was founded by the Cossacks. There were winter quarters and fish factories (called Sapetnya), where the Cossacks were engaged in fishing and extracting salt from the Dnieper–Bug liman (estuary).
In 1781, the estate of Russian general Pyotr Rumyantsev had surrounded the earlier Cossack settlement, and a formal village was proclaimed.[5]
Several important battles of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 took place in the liman next to Oleksandrivka. These battles included the Dnieper Flotilla,[6]John Paul Jones's deep-water fleet,[7][8] and the Ottoman Navy, which fought in the First Battle of the Liman on June 7, 1788, and the Second Battle of the Liman on June 16–17.[6][8]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleksandrivka changed hands multiple times due to its location between the cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson. The area was primarily defended by Ukraine's 28th Mechanized Brigade. As a result of the village's location on the front line, 90% of its buildings were destroyed.[10]
^Орлова З.С., Ратнер И.Д., Из истории заселения Херсонщины, Херсон 1993, s. 61.
^ abA. B. Shirokorad, The Russian-Turkish War, cited at "Успехи Лиманской флотилии" [Advance of the Flotilla to the Liman]. Military history of the 2nd half of the 18th century. Retrieved March 4, 2015. (in Russian)
