Vysokopillia or Vysokopillya (, ; ) is a
rural settlement in
Beryslav Raion,
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...
, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of
Vysokopillia settlement hromada, one of the
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s of Ukraine.
Vysokopillia is located between the valleys of the
Dnieper
The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...
and
Inhulets rivers, east of the Inhulets. It has a population of
History
Vysokopillia was founded as a German colony between 1869 and 1870 (see
:de:Kolonie Kronau for more information).
Until 18 July 2020, Vysokopillia was the administrative centre of
Vysokopillia 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 Vysokopillia Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion.
The settlement was
occupied by Russian forces on 16 March 2022. The
Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are the Military, military forces of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the president of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rad ...
recaptured Vysokopillia on 4 September
and hoisted the
Ukrainian flag near Vysokopillia's hospital as part the
2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive.
Due to the military fights the settlement was destroyed by ~80%.
Until 26 January 2024, Vysokopillia was designated
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...
. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Vysokopillia became a rural settlement.
Demographics
As of 2001, the settlement had a population of 4,699. The linguistic composition was:
Economy
Transportation
Vysokopillia is on a paved road which connects
Novovorontsovka and
Beryslav, where it has access to
Kherson
Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...
.
Vysokopillia railway station is on the railway line connecting
Apostolove and
Snihurivka
Snihurivka ( ) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of . Population:
It was occupied by Russia from 19 March 2022 until 10 November 2022.
History
Snihurivka was a settlement in Kherson ...
(with further connection to Kherson and
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...
).
See also
*
Battle of Kherson
*
2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
References
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Rural settlements in Beryslav Raion