Tsiurupynsk

Tsiurupynsk
Цюрупинськ

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Tsiurupynsk

Location of Tsiurupynsk

Coordinates: 46°38′00″N 32°35′00″E / 46.63333°N 32.58333°E / 46.63333; 32.58333Coordinates: 46°38′00″N 32°35′00″E / 46.63333°N 32.58333°E / 46.63333; 32.58333
Country  Ukraine
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 (2015)
  Total 25,098
  Density 1,598/km2 (4,140/sq mi)
Postal code 75100
Area code(s) +380 5542
Climate Cfa
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. Its population was 25,098(2015 est.)[1].

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.[2] 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.[2] The city, which appeared later, took its name from the area, and the later form of the name (Alyoshki/Oleshky) is also related.[2]

In 1711-1728, Oleshky was the capital of the Zaporizhian Host under the protection of the Crimean Khanate. In 1784, the settlement of Oleshky was established; by 1790, it became a part of the Kinburn palanka of the Black-Sea Cossacks. In 1802, the settlement was granted town status and became the seat of an uyezd in Taurida Governorate. In 1928, the town was given its present name, after Alexander Tsiurupa,[2] 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.[3]

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