Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast
Херсонська область | |
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Khersonska oblast[1] | |
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Website | khoda.gov.ua |
Kherson Oblast (Ukrainian: Херсонська область, romanized: Khersonska oblast, IPA: It is considered the 'fruit basket' of the country, as much of its agricultural production is dispersed throughout the country, with production peaking during the summer months.
Most of the area of the
History
In the 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum, 90.13% of votes in Kherson Oblast were in favor of the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine.[5]
A survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in December 2014 found that 90.9% of the oblast's population opposed their region joining Russia, 1% supported the idea, and the rest were undecided or did not respond.[5][6]
Russian invasion
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, Russian forces have occupied most of the oblast, with government by the "Kherson military–civilian administration"[7] from 28 April to 30 September 2022.
On 27 July 2022, the Ukrainian army destroyed the
On 5 September it was announced that the newly-installed Russian administration had postponed its plans to hold a referendum on the planned secession from Ukraine. The plebiscite had been scheduled to occur on 11 September, in order to coincide with the Russian electoral calendar. Due to the contestation of the oblast by the Ukrainian forces, it was found to be impractical to hold at this time.[10]
On 23–27 September 2022, the
On 29 September, the Russian Federation recognized Kherson Oblast as an independent state.[11] On 30 September, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of the Kherson Oblast and three other Ukrainian territories, and signed "accession decrees" that are widely considered to be illegal.[12] At that time, Russia was not in control of the province as a whole.[13]
The United Nations General Assembly subsequently passed a resolution calling on countries not to recognise what it described as an "attempted illegal annexation" and demanded that Russia "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw".[14]
On 9 November 2022, the city of Kherson and a remaining pocket of land on the right bank of the Dnieper were recaptured by Ukrainian forces.[15] The territory on the left bank is still under Russian control.
On 6 June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam was breached, causing extensive flooding and prompting mass evacuations in the oblast.[16]
Russian authorities claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin won 88.12% of the vote in the occupied Kherson region in the 2024 Russian presidential election,[17] which has been described as rigged and fraudulent.[18]
Geography
Kherson Oblast is bordered by
Before the
The oblast's
Kherson is the only city with a population over 100,000. Four other cities have over 30,000 – they are, in order from largest, Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Oleshky and Henichesk.
Administrative divisions
Until the 2020 re-organisation, the Kherson Oblast was administratively subdivided into 18
Name | Ukrainian name | Area (km2) |
Population 2015 |
Admin. center | Urban population only |
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Kherson | Херсон (місто) | 423 | 333,737 | Kherson | 322,260 |
Hola Prystan | Гола Пристань (місто) | 9 | 14,883 | Hola Prystan | 14,568 |
Nova Kakhovka | Нова Каховкa (місто) | 223 | 68,205 | Nova Kakhovka | 62,128 |
Kakhovka | Каховкa (місто) | 16 | 36,958 | Kakhovka | 36,958 |
Beryslav Raion | Бериславський (район) | 1,721 | 48,025 | Beryslav | 16,682 |
Bilozerka Raion | Білозерський (район) | 1,534 | 66,564 | Bilozerka | 9,739 |
Chaplynka Raion | Чаплинський (район) | 1,722 | 35,219 | Chaplynka | 12,638 |
Henichesk Raion | Генічеський (район) | 3,008 | 59,991 | Henichesk | 33,748 |
Hola Prystan Raion | Голопристанський (район) | 3,411 | 45,827 | Hola Prystan | 14,666 |
Hornostaivka Raion | Горностаївський (район) | 1,018 | 19,788 | Hornostaivka | 6,681 |
Ivanivka Raion | Іванівський (район) | 1,120 | 13,995 | Ivanivka | 4,560 |
Kalanchak Raion | Каланчацький (район) | 916 | 21,568 | Kalanchak | 11,169 |
Kakhovka Raion | Каховський (район) | 1,450 | 35,968 | Kakhovka | N/A * |
Novotroitske Raion | Новотроїцький (район) | 2,298 | 35,921 | Novotroitske | 14,979 |
Novovorontsovka Raion | Нововоронцовський (район) | 1,005 | 21,442 | Novovorontsovka | 6,379 |
Nyzhni Sirohozy Raion | Нижньосірогозький (район) | 1,209 | 15,985 | Nyzhni Sirohozy | 4,891 |
Oleshky Raion | Олешківський (район) | 1,759 | 71,888 | Oleshky | 36,317 |
Skadovsk Raion | Скадовський (район) | 1,456 | 47,930 | Skadovsk | 21,830 |
Velyka Lepetykha Raion | Великолепетиський (район) | 1,000 | 16,827 | Velyka Lepetykha | 8,326 |
Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion | Великоолександрівський (район) | 1,540 | 25,948 | Velyka Oleksandrivka | 9,747 |
Verkhniy Rohachyk Raion |
Верхньорогачицький (район) | 915 | 12,003 | Verkhniy Rohachyk |
5,698 |
Vysokopillia Raion | Високопільський (район) | 701 | 15,121 | Vysokopillia | 6,148 |
.* Note: Though the administrative center of the raion is housed in the city/town that it is named after, cities do not answer to the raion authorities only towns do; instead they are directly subordinated to the oblast government and therefore are not counted as part of raion statistics.
At a lower level of administration, these district-level administrations are subdivided into:
- Settlements – 697, including:
- Villages – 658; – See List of villages in Kherson Oblast
- Cities/Urban-type settlements – 36, including:
- Selsovets– 260.
The local administration of the oblast is controlled by the Kherson Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast is the Kherson Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.
Demographics
The population of the oblast is 1,083,367 (2012), which is 2.4% of the total population of Ukraine. It is also ranked 21st by its population. The population density is 38 per km2.
About 61.5% or 745,400 people live in urban areas of the Oblast and 38.5% or 467,600 people live in agricultural centers/villages. Men make up 46.7% or 565,400 people of the population, women make up 53.3% or 644,600 people, and pensioners make up 26.2% or 317,400 people of the Oblast population.
- Ukrainians – 82.0%
- Russians – 14.1%
- Belarusians – 0.7%
- Meskhetian Turks – 0.5%
- Crimean Tatars – 0.5%
- Others – 2.2%
Age structure
- 0–14 years: 15.1% (male 83,397/female 79,303)
- 15–64 years: 70.5% (male 364,907/female 393,933)
- 65 years and over: 14.4% (male 50,404/female 104,856) (2013 official)
Median age
- total: 39.5 years
- male: 36.2 years
- female: 42.7 years (2013 official)
Attractions
Gallery
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Memorial near the village of Radensk
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"Oleshkivski Piski" near Radensk
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The Djarilhats Lighthouse
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The Dnieper River in Kherson.
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Lake Sivash at night, Kherson
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Kherson Oblast State Administration
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Agricultural landscape in Kherson
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Nova Kakhovka
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Children in the Kherson
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The building of the former Kherson City
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Kherson Oblast Parliament Building
See also
- Subdivisions of Ukraine
- Kherson Governorate
References
- .
- ^ Zelenskyy appoints three chairmen of Oblast Military Administrations, Ukrainska Pravda (7 February 2023)
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Валовии регіональнии продукт".
- ^ a b Лише 3% українців хочуть приєднання їх області до Росії [Only 3% of Ukrainians want their region to become part of Russia]. Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (in Ukrainian). 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Press releases and reports – the views and opinions of South-Eastern regions residents of Ukraine: April 2014".
- ^ "Russia-Appointed Official In Ukraine Killed In Car Bombing". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 August 2022.
- ^ Axe, David (29 July 2022). "In Southern Ukraine, Kyiv's Artillery Drops Bridges And Isolates A Whole Russian Army". Forbes.
- ^ Kuczyński, Grzegorz (31 August 2022). "Ukraine Starts Counteroffensive In Country's South". Warsaw Institute.
- ^ "Russia 'pauses' Kherson annexation referendum over security concerns". DW News. 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Официальное опубликование правовых актов ∙ Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации". Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Putin annexes four regions of Ukraine in major escalation of Russia's war". the Guardian. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Factbox: The four regions that Russia is poised to annex from Ukraine". Reuters. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine: UN General Assembly demands Russia reverse course on 'attempted illegal annexation'". 12 October 2022.
- ^ Santora, Marc (14 November 2022). "Zelensky Visits Kherson After Russian Retreat Turns River Into New Front Line". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine dam: What we know about Nova Kakhovka incident". BBC News. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- Novaya Gazeta Europe.
- ^ "The extent of fraud in Russia's presidential election begins to emerge". Le Monde. 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Population Quantity". UkrStat (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
External links
- Portal of Kherson
- Site of Kherson nationalists
- State Administration of Kherson Region – official site (in Ukrainian)
- Information Card of the Region – official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- Promo-video about Kherson and South of Ukraine – official YouTube channel of The center of tourism and adventures "ХерсON"