Khreshchenivka

Rural locality in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

Khreshchenivka Хрещенівка
Village
47°23′07″N 33°49′18″E / 47.385278°N 33.821667°E / 47.385278; 33.821667
Country	Ukraine
Province	Kherson Oblast
District	Beryslav Raion
Founded	1821
Area
• Total	197.5 km² (76.3 sq mi)
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population (2001 census)
• Total	737
• Density	3.7/km² (9.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	74213
Area code	+380 5533

Khreshchenivka (Ukrainian: Хрещенівка; Russian: Крещеновка) is a village in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, about 127 kilometres (79 mi) northeast of the centre of Kherson city. It belongs to the Novovorontsovka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1]

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Khreshchenivka belonged to Novovorontsovka 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 Novovorontsovka Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion.^[2]^[3]

History

The village came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the 3rd of October 2022 was recovered by the Ukrainian forces in a new offensive.^[4]^[5]

Demographics

The native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 was:^[6]

Ukrainian: 95.90%
Russian: 3.21%
Belarusian: 0.38%
Bulgarian: 0.13%
Moldovan (Romanian): 0.13%
Polish: 0.13%

References

^ "Нововоронцовская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
^ "Enemy deploys up to 22 BTGs near Izium - General Staff". ukrinform.net. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022. In the Southern Buh direction, the enemy's actions were characterized by measures to restore combat readiness, replenish reserves, fortify positions outside the settlements of Liubymivka, Petrivka, Khreshchenivka /.../
^ 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".
^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2022.