Novovorontsovka ( uk, Нововоронцовка; russian: Нововоронцовка) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Beryslav Raion
Beryslav Raion ( uk, Бериславський район, ) is one of the five administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Beryslav. Its population was 55,976 ...
,
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 ...
, southern
Ukraine
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. It hosts the administration of
Novovorontsovka settlement hromada
Novovorontsovka ( uk, Нововоронцовка; russian: Нововоронцовка) is an urban-type settlement in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Novovorontsovka settlement hromada, one of ...
, 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.
Novovorontsovka is located on the right bank of the
Kakhovka Reservoir, an artificial reservoir on the
Dnieper
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. It has a population of
History
It is named after the
Russian nobleman and
field-marshal
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Mikhail Vorontsov.
The settlement's Jewish population first settled here in the early 19th century. There were 1,685 Jews in the country in 1897, which is 32.5% of the total population. Most of the Jews in the area worked as artisans or retailers. The Russian Civil War and the tragedies of the revolution caused immense suffering for the Jews of Novovorontsovka. The bulk of Jews migrated from Noworonzovka to larger cities during the 1920s and 1930s in pursuit of employment and educational possibilities. Only 42 Jews were still present in the community in 1939, making about 1.1% of the total population. On August 18, 1941, German forces seized control of the town. Only twenty Jews were able to flee before German forces arrived. On September 24, 1941, the last Jews were massacred close to the village. The Red Army liberated Novovoronsovka on February 27, 1944.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the settlement was occupied by Germany. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the settlement.
Administrative status
Until 18 July, 2020, Novovorontsovka was the administrative center of
Novovorontsovka Raion
Novovorontsovka Raion ( uk, Нововоронцовський район) 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 Novo ...
. 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 Novovorontsovka Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion.
Economy
Transportation
Novovorontsovka has access to the
Highway H23 which connects
Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...
and
Nikopol. Another road follows the right bank of the Dnieper and connects the settlement with
Beryslav with access to
Kherson
Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers appr ...
.
The closest railway station is about north in
Tik
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*Tik (dance), a Greek dance
*TIK (band), a Ukrainian folk rock band
*Tik (methamphetamine), a drug colloquially known in South Africa as "tik"
*Tiu Keng Leng station, Hong Kong, station code
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*Tik ...
on the railway connecting
Apostolove
Apostolove ( , russian: Апо́столово) is a city in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Apostolove urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: In 2001, the populat ...
and
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...
.
See also
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Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
The Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast is an ongoing military occupation of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast by Russian forces that began on 2March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the southern Ukraine campaign. The Russian-in ...
References
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Urban-type settlements in Beryslav Raion
Populated places established in the Russian Empire
Populated places established in 1795
Khersonsky Uyezd
Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine