Tsiurupynsk
Tsiurupynsk Цюрупинськ |
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Location of Tsiurupynsk | ||
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Country | ![]() |
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Oblast | Kherson Oblast | |
settlement | 1784 | |
city | 1802 | |
Government | ||
• Head of City Council | Hanna Vasylivna Grybovska (PR) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi) | |
Population (2004) | ||
• Total | 30,300 | |
• Density | 1,929/km2 (5,000/sq mi) | |
Postal code | 75100 | |
Area code(s) | +380 5542 | |
Website | http://www.oleshki.org.ua/ |
Tsiurupynsk (Ukrainian: Цюру́пинськ, Tsyurupynsk; Russian: Цюру́пинск, Tsyurupinsk) is a city in Kherson Oblast (province) of Ukraine, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in the southern Ukraine. As of 2001, its population was 30,123.[citation needed]
Geography
The Konka River goes through the town before falling into the Dnieper. The Oleshky Sands are located in a close proximity to the town.
History
The city of Oleshye (Oleshia) has been known since the 11th century, when it was a part of Kievan Rus', but the area itself has been known since antiquity.[1] Herodotus mentioned Scythian forests in the mouth of the Dnieper in the 5th century BCE, which were called "Oleshye" (from the Slavic word for forest) by the Slavs.[1] The city, which appeared later, took its name from the area, and the later form of the name (Alyoshki/Oleshky) is also related.[1]
In 1711-1728, Oleshky was the capital of the Zaporizhian Host under the protection of the Crimean Khanate.[citation needed] In 1784, the settlement of Oleshky was established; by 1790, it became a part of the Kinburn palanka of the Black-Sea Cossacks.[citation needed] In 1802, the settlement was granted town status and became the seat of an uyezd in Taurida Governorate.[citation needed] In 1928, the town was given its present name, after Alexander Tsiurupa,[1] the former Soviet Trade Minister and the chief of Gosplan who was born in the city.
On 21 November 2007, the city council adopted resolution No.296 to restore the name Oleshky. The city council deputies and district councils, as well as the local Cossacks, wrote a letter to then president Victor Yushchenko requesting that the petition be carried out.[2]
Gallery
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M14 highway passing through Tsiurupynsk
References
Notes
Sources
- Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.) Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.
External links
- Articles containing Ukrainian-language text
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from February 2015
- Articles with Ukrainian-language external links
- Use mdy dates from February 2015
- Cities in Kherson Oblast
- Taurida Governorate
- Russification
- Cities of district significance in Ukraine