Nizhnyi Rohachyk
Nizhnyi Rohachyk
Ни́жній Рога́чик | |
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 View of Nizhnyi Rohachyk from across the Kakhovka Reservoir | |
  Nizhnyi Rohachyk Location of Nizhnyi Rohachyk  Nizhnyi Rohachyk Nizhnyi Rohachyk (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°20′38″N 34°1′55″E / 47.34389°N 34.03194°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Kakhovka Raion |
| Hromada | Verkhniy Rohachyk settlement hromada |
| Government | |
| • Starosta | Ruslan Serhiyovich Chuprina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,489 km2 (575 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 305 |
| • Density | 202.82/km2 (525.3/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 74412 |
| Area code | +380 5545 |
Nizhnyi Rohachyk (Ukrainian: Ни́жній Рога́чик) is a village in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. As of 2001, the village had 305 residents.
History
[edit]In 1886, 955 people lived in the village. Nizhnyi Rohacyk served as the center of Nizhnyi Rohachyk volost in Melitopolsky Uyezd of the Russian Empire. The volost comprised four villages: Babina (now Babyne), Karaydubina (now Berezhanka), Ushkalka, and Nizhnyi Rohachyk.[1]
Nizhnyi Rohachyk was occupied by Russian troops on February 26, 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] It remains occupied as part of the Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast.
Demographics
[edit]The 1989 Ukrainian SSR census put Nizhnyi Rohachyk's population at 327 people. 138 residents were men and 189 were women.[3] The population had diminished to 305 people in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[4] In the 2001 census, 96.36% of the village's population stated Ukrainian was their native language, 2.98% said Russian was their native language, and 0.66% stated Belarusian was their native language.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- Antonina Bablii (born 1949), a Ukrainian artist
- Taisia Shcherba (born 1943), a Ukrainian poet and novelist
- Hryhoriy Navrotskyi (1902–1971), a Soviet rear admiral during WWII
References
[edit]- ^ "Tsentralnago Statisticheskago Comiteta" (PDF). Harvard College Library. February 1886. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Військовий експерт пояснив, чому російські війська так швидко захопили Херсонську область". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ^ "Демографічні характеристики населення, народжуваність". State Statistic Services of Ukraine. December 1, 1989. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Демографічні характеристики населення, народжуваність". State Statistic Services of Ukraine. May 12, 2001. Retrieved June 11, 2024.