Skadovsk
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Skadovsk
Скадовськ | |
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Coordinates: 46°7′N 32°55′E / 46.117°N 32.917°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
Raion | Skadovsk Raion |
Government | |
• Mayor (de jure) | Oleksandr Yuriyovych Yakovlev[a] |
Area | |
• Total | 14.3 km2 (5.5 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 16,969 |
Postal code | 75700 |
Area code | +380 5537 |
Climate | Cfa |
Website | [1] |
Skadovsk (
It is located 94 km (58 mi) from Kherson. Skadovsk has a seaport. The closest railway station is Kalanchak, 94 km (58 mi) from Skadovsk.
History
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The town was founded in 1894 by Sergey B. Skadovsky, a
The town was originally a seaport for sending wheat, wool and furs to France, Germany and other European countries. The initial territory consisted of the Crimean Tatar fishing village Ali-Agok (Crimean Tatar for "quiet harbor") and the lands owned by Skadovsky. He and his wife are buried in Skadovsk.
During World War II, the town was occupied by Germany. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the town.[4]
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
During the
On 16 March 2022, Skadovsk's mayor, Oleksandr Yakovlev, was detained by the
On 15 March 2024, Ukrainian partisans claimed to have carried out a bombing near a polling station in Skadovsk that was being used for the 2024 Russian presidential election. 5 Russian soldiers were wounded.[12]
Tourism
Skadovsk is a tourist destination[13] for people in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Poland. It is located on the Dazharylhach Bay across from Dzharylhach Island.
In 2009, leading up to the Ukrainian presidential election, organizers of the Black Sea Games in Skadovsk presented Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with a Bengal albino tigress named Tiger-Yulia.[14] Tymoshenko eventually lost the elections.
Transport
The city has a small port with a few piers. Additionally there are more piers located in the village of Khorly in the eastern portion of the Dzharylhach Bay. However, the piers of Khorly are not in an operational condition. The port of Skadovsk also administers a smaller port in Henichesk, located by the Sea of Azov.
Demographics
Distribution of the population by ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[15]
Gallery
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Tiger-Yulia
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Sunset in Skadovsk
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Public beach
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Boat pier
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Administration building
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Museum of local history
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Cathedral
Notes
- ^ detained by Russian troops 16 March 2022
References
- ^ "Скадовская городская громада" (in Russian). 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.
- ^ Molotov's Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History By Rachel Polonsky
- ^ "Gefängnis Skadovs'k". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Russian troops enter Skadovsk, call on mayor not to hold rallies
- ^ Российские военные зашли в Скадовск на Херсонщине: люди устроили протест и гонят оккупантов. Фото и видео
- ^ "Скадовськ зачистили від окупантів. Яка ситуація в місті". Newspaper in Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Колонна российских оккупантов заехала в Скадовск и разместилась в одном из детских лагерей, - мэр Яковлев". Censor.NET (in Ukrainian). 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "УП. Стрічка".
- ^ "Skadovsk City Council says no to cooperation with Russians".
- ^ https://kyivindependent.com/national-resistance-center-sabotage/
- ^ "Crimea crisis: Ukraine-Russia tensions spill on to the beach". BBC News. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
- ^ "Tymoshenko was presented with a tiger in Skadovsk (photo)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
- ^ https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities