Posad-Pokrovske (, ) is a village in

Kherson Raion Kherson Raion (; ) is a raion (district) of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. History Kherson Raion was created on 18 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Kherson. The city of Ole ...

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. Alternative historical names for the village included Pokrovske and Kopani.

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Posad-Pokrovske was located in the

Bilozerka Raion Bilozerka Raion () 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 raion was disestablished on 18 July 202 ...

. 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 Bilozerka Raion was merged into Kherson Raion.

History

Posad-Pokrovske was founded in 1789 as a property of the

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until being dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution and the declaration of ...

. In 1795, there were 19 houses with 91 inhabitants. Posad-Pokrovske was liberated by Ukraine's

28th Mechanized Brigade The 28th Mechanized Brigade () is a mechanized brigade and part of the formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. History The original 28th Guards Rifle Division was formed during the Second World War from the 180th Rifle Division in May 1942 ...

in mid-March 2022. Posad-Pokrovske was a front line village until the

liberation of Kherson On 11 November 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated and recaptured the city of Kherson and other areas of the Kherson Oblast and parts of the Mykolaiv Oblast on the Right-bank Ukraine, right bank of the Dnieper, Dnipro River from Russi ...

eight months later, which led to the destruction of most of the village.

Demographics

The native languages of Posad-Pokrovske as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 were:Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
* Ukrainian 90.97% *

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

8.22% * Moldovan (

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

) 0.38% *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

0.04% * Others 0.39%

References

Notes

{{Use mdy dates, date=February 2015 Villages in Kherson Raion Chornobaivka rural hromada Populated places established in 1789