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34th Coastal Defense Brigade (Ukraine)
The 34th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade (), formerly the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, is a unit of the Ukrainian Marine Corps in Kherson. The brigade was a former Territorial Defense Brigade until being transferred to the Ukrainian Marine Corps. History Formation On 30 June 2018, the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed in Kherson Oblast. From September 3 to 12, 2018, brigade-wide training exercises were held, involving close to 3,500 reservists up to sixty years old. Exercises were held in Bilozerka Raion, Oleshky Raion, Henichesk Raion, Ivanivka Raion, and Skadovsk Raion. Each battalion only had two contract permanent officers, commander and chief of staff, with everyone else being a reservist. A battalion stationed in Oleshky took 300 of its reservists from Oleshky Raion, Kakhovka Raion and Novovorontsovka Raion. The 195th Territorial Defense Battalion had 290 reservists, including 41 officers from Oleshky Raion, Hola Prystan Raion and Skadovsk Raion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of the Dnieper river, which bisects the oblast. The oblast has an area of 28,461 km2 and a population of It is considered the 'fruit basket' of the country, as much of its agricultural production is dispersed throughout the country, with production peaking during the summer months. Most of the area of the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast, oblast has been under Russian military occupation since early in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In September 2022, Russia claimed to have Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine, annexed Kherson Oblast after arranging a 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, disputed referendum. The referendum and the subsequent claimed annexation are internationally unrecognized. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Hryvnia
The ( ; , ''hrn''; sign: ₴; code: UAH) has been the national currency of Ukraine since 2 September 1996. The hryvnia is divided into 100 kopiykas (). It is named after a measure of weight used in Kievan Rus'. Etymology The currency of Kievan Rus' in the 11th century was the ''grivna''. The word is thought to derive from the Slavic ''griva''; which compares with the Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian word (''griva'', meaning "mane"). It might have indicated something valuable to be worn around the neck, that was usually made of silver or gold, and may be related to the Bulgarian and Serbian term ''grivna'' (, "bracelet"). Following Ukraine's declared secession from Russia in 1917, the Ukrainian People's Republic named its currency hryvnia after the grivna of Kievan Rus'; these were designed by Heorhiy Narbut. The word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight. Currency sign The hryvnia sign is a cursive Ukrainian letter He ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrii Gordieiev
Andriy Anatoliyovych Gordeev (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Гордєєв; born on June 13, 1983, Nadiivka Village Chaplynka Raion, Kherson Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician, people's deputy of Ukraine of the VIIIth convocation, who was the Head of Kherson Oblast State Administration from April 2016 until April 2019. Bibliography He was born on June 13, 1983, in Nadiivka Village Chaplynka Kherson Oblast. In 2000 he graduated from Tominobalkivska Secondary School I—III levels in Tomina Balka Village Bilozerka Raion Kherson Oblast. In 2003 he graduated from International University of Business and Law, the Faculty of Law. In 2007 he graduated from International Science-Technical University, the Faculty of Law. In 2009 he graduated from Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, the Faculty of Law; Master of Law; In 2014 he graduated from National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Master of Management of Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Border Guard Service Of Ukraine
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine ( SBGSU; , ; ) is the border guard of Ukraine. It is an independent law enforcement agency, organized by the Constitution of Ukraine as a military formation, the head of which is subordinated to the President of Ukraine. The Service was created on July 31, 2003, after the reorganization of the State Committee for Protection of the State Border. During wartime, units of the State Border Guard Service fall under the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The State Border Guard Service includes the Ukrainian Sea Guard, which is the country's coast guard. It is also responsible for running Temporary Detention Centres, in which refugees are held. History Ukrainian border guards are the national successors of the Soviet Border Troops. They were formed from the approximately 17,000 Border Troops located in Ukraine in 1991. The organization was first titled the "Ukrainian Border Troops", which was later subordinated to the "Ukraine's State C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabat Spit
The Arabat Spit (; ; ) or Arabat Arrow is a spit (landform), barrier spit that separates the large, shallow, salty Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. The spit runs between the Henichesk Strait in the north and the north-eastern shores of Crimea in the south. It is the largest of several spits of the Sea of Azov. Name The spit is commonly called the Arabat Arrow (, ''Arabatska strilka''; ; , ''Arabatskaya strelka'') in Russia and Ukraine. It has been called an "arrow" since at least the middle of the 19th century. The ''Arabat'' part of the name comes from the Arabat Fortress, a 17th-century Turkish fort at the southern end of the spit. "Arabat" derives from either Arabic "rabat" meaning a "military post" or Arabic "rabad" meaning a "suburb". Geography and geology The Arabat Arrow is long, and from wide. Its surface area is and thus the average width is . The spit is low and straight on the Azov Sea side, whereas its Sivash side is more convoluted. It contains two areas wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hola Prystan Raion
Hola Prystan Raion () was one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Hola Prystan, which was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Hola Pristan Raion was merged into Skadovsk Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas: * Bekhtery rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bekhtery; * Chulakivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Chulakivka; * Dolmativka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dolmativka. The raion was subdivided into 21 rural communities known as silrada that included 46 villages and 6 rural settlements. Zaliznyi Port Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novovorontsovka Raion
Novovorontsovka Raion () was one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Novovorontsovka. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Novovorontsovka Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas: * Novooleksandrivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Novooleksandrivka; * Novovorontsovka settlement hromada Novovorontsovka (; ) is a rural settlement in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novovorontsovka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Novovorontsovka is located on the right bank of the ... with the administration in Novovorontsovka. References {{Authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakhovka Raion
Kakhovka Raion () is one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Kakhovka Raion was significantly expanded. Four abolished raions, Chaplynka, Hornostaivka, Velyka Lepetykha, and Verkhnii Rohachyk Raions, as well as Nova Kakhovka Municipality and the city of Kakhovka which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kakhovka Raion. Kakhovka served as the raion center before 2020, but after the reform, the center was moved to Nova Kakhovka. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Also the reform made changes to local subdivisions and territorial councils (rada) were replaced with territorial communities (hromada) which also were inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleshky
Oleshky (, ), previously known as Tsiurupynsk from 1928 to 2016, is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River with the town of Solontsi, Kherson Raion, Solontsi to the south. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in southern Ukraine. It is known for its proximity to the Oleshky Sands, a large desert region. Oleshky is the site of artist Polina Rayko's home, a national cultural monument of Ukraine. It also hosts the administration of Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of As of 2025, the city is occupied by Russia. Geography The city is located in the south of Ukraine, near Kherson. It is a port on the Konka (river, Kherson Oblast), Konka River. The Oleshky Sands are located in close proximity to the town. History Ancient history The area around Oleshky has been known since antiquity. Herodotus mentioned Scythian forests in the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skadovsk Raion
Skadovsk Raion () is one of the five administrative raions of Ukraine, raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Skadovsk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the 2020 administrative reform of Ukraine, administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kherson Oblast was reduced to five, and the area of Skadovsk Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Hola Prystan Raion, Hola Prystan and Kalanchak Raions, as well as Hola Prystan Municipality and the city of Skadovsk, which was previously incorporated as a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, was merged into Skadovsk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 9 hromadas: * Bekhtery rural hromada with the administration in the Village#Ukraine, selo of Bekhtery, transferred from Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
