Vasylivka

Vasylivka Василівка
Popov Castle
Coat of arms
Vasylivka Location of Vasylivka
Coordinates: 47°26′3″N 35°16′35″E / 47.43417°N 35.27639°E
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast Vasylivsky Raion
Founded	1784
City rights	1957
Area
• Land	10.23 km^2 (3.95 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	13 996
Postal code	71602
Area code(s)	+380-6175

Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Vasylivka Raion. The city is situated on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River. Population: 13,996 (2013 est.)^[1]. In 2001, according to the census, population was 15,592.

The area was settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 1740s. In 1788, Catherine II of Russia granted the region to Vasili Stepanovich Popov, a Russian general whose name Vasylivka still bears. His grandson built the Popov Castle there. The residence was visited by Anton Makarenko in 1925.

Gallery

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  Popov Castle (back view)

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  Old district of Vasylivka

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  Former school

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  Bus station

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

Coordinates: 47°26′N 35°16′E / 47.433°N 35.267°E