Hola Prystan ( uk, Го́ла При́стань, ) is a city in

Skadovsk Raion Skadovsk Raion ( uk, Скадовський район) is one of the 5 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Skadovsk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as ...

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, southern

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. It hosts the administration of the

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, 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. It has a population of The Konka, a tributary of the

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, flows through the city.

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Hola Prystan was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of

Hola Prystan Municipality Hola Prystan ( uk, Го́ла При́стань, ) is a city in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of The Konk ...

. It also served as the administrative center of

Hola Prystan Raion Hola Prystan Raion ( uk, Голопристанський район) was one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Hola Prystan, which was inc ...

, though it did not belong to the raion. The municipality 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 Hola Prystan Municipality was merged into Skadovsk Raion.

History

Hola Prystan literally meaning ''barren pier'', was founded in 1709 by

Zaporizhian Cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...

as ''Holyi Pereviz'' (Barren Ford). Since 1785, it has been called Hola Prystan. Jews apparently began to settle in Hola Prystan at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1897 Hola Prystan’s 667 Jews comprised 11 percent of the total population. At the turn of the century many of the businesses in the town were owned by Jews. In 1905 there was a pogrom in which 2 Jewish shops were destroyed. The pogrom was stopped not by the authorities but by peasants who did not take part in the attack on the Jews. Under the Soviets the Jewish population of Hola Prystan fell, mainly due to migration to larger cities in search of jobs and education opportunities. In 1939 Hola Prystan‘s 276 Jews comprised 3.6 percent of the total population. Hola Prystan was occupied by German troops on September 13, 1941. On October 12, 1941 the Jews of Hola Pristan were shot outside the town. Hola Pristan was liberated by the Red Army on November 4, 1943. On 1 August 1997 a Project R1415 (NATO code: Flamingo class)

Ukrainian patrol boat Hola Prystan ''Hola Prystan'' (P241) ( uk, Гола Пристань) is a Project R1415 (NATO code: Flamingo class) anti-sabotage boat of the Ukrainian Navy. Built in 1986, she has been in Ukrainian Navy service since 1997. History 1986-1997 In 1986 harb ...

was named after the town. Hola Pristan was granted the status of regional town on May 17, 2013. The city has been occupied by Russian forces since 2022, with the

Russian 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 ...

Gallery

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References

External links

The murder of the Jews of Hola Prystan
during

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, at

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