Tavriiske, Zaporizhzhia Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Tavriiske
Таврійське Scheromet, Sheromet | |
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Coordinates: 47°39′10″N 35°41′51″E / 47.65284°N 35.69743°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
Raion | Zaporizhzhia Raion |
Area | |
• Total | 13,205 km2 (5,098 sq mi) |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 3.456 |
• Density | 0.00026/km2 (0.00068/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 70540 |
Area code | +380 6141 |
Tavriiske (Таврійське) is a village in Ukraine. Scheromet was the German name of a village which was settled by Hutterites from 1868 to 1874, when the Hutterites left for Canada.[1]
Geography
[edit]Tavriiske is located on the right bank of the Konka River, opposite the village Yurkivka (Юрківка) and on the Territorial Road T-08-03. The village is the administrative center of a district municipality in the center of Zaporizhzhia District, located about 50 km southeast of Zaporizhzhia Oblast center Zaporizhzhia and 14 km northwest of the district center Orikhiv.
History
[edit]Incorporated in 1798, the village developed from a farm that was founded in 1770. It then bore the name Zherebets (Жеребець) until 1939, then the name Kirove (Ukrainian: Кірове, Russian Кирово/Kirovo) until 12 May 2016 when it was renamed to the current name to comply with decommunization in Ukraine. The village has a railway station on the railway line Zaporizhia-Polohy.
References
[edit]- ^ John A. Hostetler: Hutterite Society, Baltimore 1974, pages 105-107.