Biliaivka, Kherson Oblast

Village in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine Ukraine

Biliaivka Біляївка
Village
47°19′28″N 33°42′07″E / 47.324444°N 33.701944°E / 47.324444; 33.701944
Country	Ukraine Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
District	Beryslav Raion
Founded	1888
Area
• Total	187.4 km² (72.4 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population (2001 census)^[1]
• Total	684
• Density	3.6/km² (9.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	74221
Area code	+380 5533

Biliaivka (Ukrainian: Біляївка) is a village in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, about 123 kilometres (76 mi) northeast from the centre of Kherson city.

History

The village came under attack by Russian forces in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine,^[2] and was liberated by Ukrainian forces in the beginning of October.^[3]

Demographics

The settlement had 684 inhabitants in 2001. The native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[1]

Ukrainian: 97.00%
Russian: 3.00%

References

^ ^a ^b "Distribution of the population by native language on ukrcensus.gov.ua". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ Mykhailo Drapak (14 April 2022). "Russian War Crimes Against Ukraine - Prism Ua". prismua.org. Retrieved 5 July 2022. Also, the Russian occupiers kidnapped the resident of the temporarily occupied village of Biliaivka Hennadiy Shapor. His daughter Maria Abakumenko reported this.
^ Paul Kirby (4 October 2022). "Ukraine regains Kherson villages from Russians". bbc.com. BBC News. Retrieved 5 October 2022. In his Tuesday evening address, Mr Zelensky said the villages of Lyubymivka, Khreshchenivka, Zolota Balka, Bilyaivka, Ukrainka, Velyka Oleksandrivka and Mala Oleksandrivka had also been liberated, and that that was "far from being the whole list".