Syvash, Kherson Oblast
Syvash
Сиваш | |
|---|---|
Village | |
.jpg)  Syvash  Syvash  Syvash | |
| Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E / 45.96806°N 34.48806°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Henichesk Raion |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 257 |
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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 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[edit]
- ^ Ortschaft auf der offiziellen Webseite der Werchowna Rada[permanent dead link], retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Геническая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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