Vysokopillia or Vysokopillya (, ; ) is a

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Beryslav Raion Beryslav Raion () 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 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current ...

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, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vysokopillia settlement hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. Vysokopillia is located between the valleys of the

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and Inhulets rivers, east of the Inhulets. It has a population of

History

Vysokopillia was founded as a German colony between 1869 and 1870 (see :de:Kolonie Kronau for more information). Until 18 July 2020, Vysokopillia was the administrative centre of Vysokopillia Raion. 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 Vysokopillia Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion. The settlement was

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by Russian forces on 16 March 2022. The

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recaptured Vysokopillia on 4 September and hoisted the

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near Vysokopillia's hospital as part the

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. Due to the military fights the settlement was destroyed by ~80%. Until 26 January 2024, Vysokopillia was designated

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Vysokopillia became a rural settlement.

Demographics

As of 2001, the settlement had a population of 4,699. The linguistic composition was:

Economy

Transportation

Vysokopillia is on a paved road which connects

Novovorontsovka 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 th ...

and

Beryslav Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Beryslav Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hromada, one of ...

, where it has access to

Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...

. Vysokopillia railway station is on the railway line connecting

Apostolove Apostolove (, ; ) is a city in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Apostolove urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: In 2001, the population was 16,439. Until the raion was abol ...

and

Snihurivka Snihurivka ( ) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of . Population: It was occupied by Russia from 19 March 2022 until 10 November 2022. History Snihurivka was a settlement in Kherson ...

(with further connection to Kherson and

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

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{{Authority control Rural settlements in Beryslav Raion

History

Demographics

Economy

Transportation

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