Kakhovka
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Kakhovka
Каховка | |
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Coordinates: 46°47′52″N 33°28′30″E / 46.79778°N 33.47500°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
Raion | Kakhovka Raion |
Hromada | Kakhovka urban hromada |
Founded | 1492 |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 34,749 |
Postal code | 74800 |
Area code | +380 5536 |
Climate | Dfa |
Website | http://www.kakhovka.ks.ua |
Kakhovka (
It is home to the KZEZO (Electro-Welding Equipment Plant) and the Tavria Games festival.
Administrative status
In 1972, the
History
The settlement was first established in 1492 by
Soon after the
In December 1918, by the decision of the administration of the Dnipro povit (
During
The city was captured on 24 February 2022 by Russian troops during the
City leaders
01.1989 - 08.1994 - Anatoliy Korsun - chairman of the executive committee of the City Council;
09.1994 - 04.1998 - Viktor Semenovych Gashenko - Chairman of the City Council;
04–12.1998 - Serhii Shkarupa - Mayor of the city;
01–11.1999 - Leonid Marchuk - First Deputy Mayor, Acting Mayor;
12.1999 - 04.2006 - Leonid Marchuk - Mayor;
04.2006 - 10.2015 - Oleksandr Petrovych Karasevych - Mayor;
06.11.2015 - 26.10.2020 - Andrii Andriiovych Dyachenko - Mayor;
21.11.2020 - Vitalii Anatoliiovych Nemerets - Mayor.
Economy
Today, Kakhovka is one of the industrial centres of the
The industrial face of the city is also shaped by the Experimental Mechanical Plant, which specialises in the production of experimental machinery and equipment for the processing and food industries, the Silhospahrehat plant for the repair of diesel engines and the production of spare parts for agricultural machinery, and the flagship of the food industry, Chumak PrJSC.
The Kakhovka branch of Cargill is one of Ukraine's largest sunflower oil processing plants. In 2008-2009, Mykolaiv-based Sudnoservice built a powerful grain and oilseed storage facility in the city. The city ranks first in Ukraine in terms of foreign investment per capita.
In total, the city has more than 550 enterprises of various forms of ownership, including small businesses. This economic complex employs three quarters of the city's working population. In the total volume of production, works performed and services rendered, one fifth of the city's industrial enterprises, almost 60 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises and businesses, about 10 per cent of service enterprises, more than 10 per cent of trade enterprises and more than 5 per cent of construction organisations contribute.
Small and medium-sized businesses are gaining ground in Kakhovka. It currently concentrates more than 60 per cent of its assets in working capital. This is three times more than large enterprises. Small and medium-sized businesses are developing dynamically, exploring the market space and creating jobs for the city's population.
Business structures annually attract over UAH 12 million and over
Demographics
Distribution of the population by ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[7]
Native languages according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[8]
Transport
The M14E58 Odesa-Melitopol-Novoazovsk motorway runs along the southern outskirts of the city.
The cargo and passenger railway station Kakhovka of the Kherson Railway Directorate is located near the town of
Education
There are 7 general secondary education institutions in the city (including two specialised ones with in-depth study of foreign languages) with almost 4,000 students.
More than 1,500 children are educated in eight pre-school institutions.
The out-of-school education system is represented by the Young Technicians' Station, the Young Naturalists' Station, the Children's Creativity Centre, the Children's and Youth Sports School and the Interschool Training and Production Complex.
Since 1969, the State Vocational Educational Institution "Kakhovka Vocational Lyceum of the Service Sector" has been operating in the city, training skilled workers in the professions of "Hairdresser", "Hairdresser-Makeup Artist", "Tailor", "Manicurist-Pedicurist". It ceased to exist in 2021.
Cultural influence
The 1935 film Three Friends (Три товарища) included the song "Kakhovka" (words by
The Tavria Games are a popular open air music festival that take place in the town each year.[10]
Twin cities
Notable people
- Alexander Spendiaryan, composer, born in Kakhovka.
- Olia Hercules, British-Ukrainian food writer, grew up in Kakhovka.[11]
- Sergei Pankejeff, aristocrat from Odesa.
- Vladimir Virchis, was a Ukrainian professional boxer.
The following are named after Kakhovka
The neighboring city of Nova Kakhovka.
Villages in Mykolaiv district of Odesa Oblast, Sandyktaus district of Akmola oblast (liquidated in 2000), Shcherbaktyn district of Pavlodar Region (Kazakhstan), Malokakhovka village of Kakhovka district of Kherson region.
Kakhovka and Kakhovska streets in a number of settlements in the former Soviet Union.
Kakhovskyi lane/road/entrance in a number of
Kakhovske highway in Melitopol.
The Kakhovka railway station of the Odesa railway in Kherson Oblast.
References
- ^ "Каховська міська громада" [Kakhovsk city community] (in Ukrainian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ Evan Mawdsley, The Russian Civil War, (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2008), p. 268.
- ^ "Gefängnis Kachovka" [Kachovka prison]. Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Миколаїв готується до кругової оборони: до міста прориваються 12 танків" [Mykolaiv is preparing for a circular defense: 12 tanks break through to the city]. 24tv (in Ukrainian). 24-Канал. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Russian military enter Kakhovka in South-Eastern Ukraine". Sky News (in Ukrainian). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities
- ^ https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/
- ^ "Песня о Каховке" [Song about Kakhovka]. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2011-01-31..
- ^ "The Tavria Games - Apr. 30, 2003". 30 April 2003.
- ^ Fox, Killian (28 December 2014). "Rising stars of 2015: chef Olia Hercules". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Kakhovka during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.