Avanhard ( uk, Авангард; russian: Авангард) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Odesa Raion Odesa Raion (also sometimes spelled as Odessa Raion; uk, Одеський район, russian: Одесский район) is a raion (district) of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisi ...

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administr ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It is a western suburb of the city of

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

and is adjacent to the city. Avanhard hosts the administration of Avanhard settlement hromada, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: Until 18 July 2020, Avanhard belonged to

Ovidiopol Raion Ovidiopol Raion ( uk, Овідіопольський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Ovidiopol. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Od ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

s of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Ovidiopol Raion was split between

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...

and Odesa Raions, with Avanhard being transferred to Odesa Raion.

Economy

Transportation

The closest railway station, located in Odesa, is Novodepovska. It is on the railway line which connects Odesa via

Rozdilna Rozdilna ( uk, Розді́льна, transliteration ''Rozdíl’na'', ) is a small city in Odesa Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rozdilna Raion (district A district is a type of administrative divisi ...

and

Podilsk Podilsk ( uk, Поді́льськ, ; ro, Bârzula or ), until May 2016 Kotovsk ( uk, Котовськ, Russian language, Russian: Котовск) is a city in Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. Administratively, Podilsk is incorporated as a City o ...

with

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; uk, Вінниця, ; yi, װיניצע) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast and the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. A ...

. There is some passenger traffic. The settlement is included into Odesa road network.

References

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