Davydiv Brid ( uk, Давидів Брід; ; literal meaning: David's
ford) is a village in
Beryslav Raion,
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...
, southern
Ukraine, about northeast of the centre of
Kherson
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city. It belongs to the
Velyka Oleksandrivka settlement hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine. The village lies besides the
Inhulets river.
The border of Kherson Oblast with
Mykolaiv Oblast runs on the north-west side of the village.
History
During the
Russian Empire, Davydiv Brid was the administrative center of the Davydobrodska Volost, one of the
volosts of
Khersonskiy Uyezd.
In 1886, the village had a population of 683.
Davydiv Brid was captured on March 12–13, 2022
by
Russian forces during its
2022 invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, and was later the center of
fighting
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in May and June. Davydiv Brid was liberated by Ukrainian forces on October 4.
Demographics
According to the
2001 Ukrainian Census
The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989. , the village had 1223 inhabitants.
The native language of the village as of 2001 were:
References
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Villages in Beryslav Raion