Muzykivka () is a large village located in
Kherson Raion
Kherson Raion ( uk, Херсонський район, russian: Херсонский район) is a raion (district) of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The cente ...
north of the city of
Kherson
Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine
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,
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...
. It hosts the administration of
Muzykivka rural hromada, one of the
hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...
s of Ukraine.
Geography
The village is situated 13 km from the centre of Kherson city. It has an area of 5.6km2 and a population of approximately 2,672 people. The nearest airport to the village is
Kherson International Airport
Kherson International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт Херсон; ) is a civil and military airport serving the city of Kherson, Ukraine. It is located at Chornobaivka, in Kherson Oblast, on the north-west outskirts of th ...
, located 8 km south west, in the town of
Chornobaivka.
Administrative status
Until July 2020, Muzykivka was in the
Bilozerka Raion
Bilozerka Raion ( uk, Білозерський район) was one of the 18 former administrative raions ( ''districts'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Bilozerka. The ...
of Kherson Oblast. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as a result of the administrative reform of Ukraine's districts, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five, merging Bilozerka Raion into Kherson Raion.
Russian invasion and occupation
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Kherson city was captured within 2 days and the village was captured by
Russian forces
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on 28 February 2022.
It was occupied from this date until 11 November 2022, when
Ukraine's armed forces (AFU/ЗСУ) liberated the area.
References
Villages in Kherson Raion
{{Kherson Oblast