Pokrovka
Покровка
Village
Church of the Intercession (19th century)
Church of the Intercession (19th century)
Pokrovka is located in Mykolaiv Oblast
Pokrovka
Pokrovka
Location of Pokrovka within Ukraine
Pokrovka is located in Ukraine
Pokrovka
Pokrovka
Pokrovka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°29′13″N 31°41′58″E / 46.486944°N 31.699444°E / 46.486944; 31.699444
Country Ukraine
OblastMykolaiv Oblast
RaionMykolaiv Raion
Area
 • Total5.275 km2 (2.037 sq mi)
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2001 census)[1]
 • Total229
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
57555
Area code+380 5154
ControlOccupied by Russia

Pokrovka (Ukrainian: Покровка; Russian: Покровка) is a village in Mykolaiv Raion (district) in Mykolaiv Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about 53.8 kilometres (33.4 mi) southwest by south from the centre of Mykolaiv city. It belongs to Ochakiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2]

History

Until 18 July 2020, Pokrovka was the administrative center of Ochakiv Raion. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four, Ochakiv Raion was merged into Mykolaiv Raion.[3][4]

The village came under attack and was occupied by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The village, as well as all other occupied territory in the Mykolaiv Oblast, was illegally annexed by Russia as part of their Kherson Oblast.[5]

Following a Russian withdrawal and a counter offensive by Ukrainian forces between November 9th and 11th, almost all settlements in the Mykolaiv Oblast were liberated from Russian control. The exceptions are Pokrovka as well as the other settlements on the Kiburn Peninsula, Pokrovske and Vasylivka.[6]

Nature

The village is located within the Biloberezhia Sviatoslav National Park, in the Dnieper estuary.

References

  1. ↑ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Очаковская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. ↑ "So-called referenda in Russian-controlled Ukraine 'cannot be regarded as legal': UN political affairs chief". UN News. 27 September 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ukraine troops enter centre of Kherson as Russians retreat in chaos". the Guardian. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022.

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