Shchaslyvtseve () is a village in southern

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. The community is located on the

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and is geographically in

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, but administered as part of

Henichesk Raion Henichesk Raion () is one of the five administrative Raions of Ukraine, raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located in the city of Henichesk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the 2020 adm ...

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. It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Shchaslyvtseve is about 15 km south of Henichesk, administrative center of the

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within which Shchaslyvtseve is located. Its position on the spit gives it easy access to the

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. The community is considered a resort village and boasts a thermal spring. Its population is about 1,500 people. Shchaslyvtseve was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian invasion phase of the

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when they crossed the nearby border of the previously Russian-occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

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Villages in Henichesk Raion Spa towns in Ukraine {{Kherson-geo-stub