Syvaske

Syvaske (Ukrainian: Сиваське, Russian: Сиваське) is an urban-type settlement in Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine. It is located in the steppe, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Lake Syvash. Syvaske belongs to Novotroitske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Until 1935, it was called Rozhdestvenskoye.[3]

Syvaske
Сиваське
Urban-type settlement
Coat of arms
Syvaske
Location in Kherson Oblast
Syvaske
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates:
Country Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionHenichesk Raion
Population
 (2021)
 • Total 4,150 (2,021 est.)[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Until 18 July 2020, Syvaske belonged to Novotroitske Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Novotroitske Raion was merged into Henichesk Raion.[4][5]

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway station is Partyzany, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east. In is on the line connecting Melitopol with Henichesk and Syvash. There is infrequent passenger traffic. The railway used to continue to Dzhankoi and Simferopol, but after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 the traffic to Crimea was discontinued.

The settlement has access to Highway M18 which runs north to Melitopol and Zaporizhzhia and south to the border with Crimea.

References
  1. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. "Новотроицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  3. Про найменування деяких районів і районних центрів УСРР . ЗЗРРСУУ (in Ukrainian). Vol. 24. 1935 – via Wikisource.
  4. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  5. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
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