Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in

Nikopol Raion Nikopol Raion ( uk, Нікопольський район, Nikopolskyi raion) is an administrative subdivision (''raion'') of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, with the administrative center in the city of Nikopol. Population: . On 18 July 2020, a ...

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

that was established in 1938 in southern

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. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained a

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mine (

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) and was called Komintern from 1926 to 1938. The city is located on the right bank of the

Kakhovka Reservoir The Kakhovka Reservoir (, ''Kakhovs′ke vodoskhovyshche'') is a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It was created in 1956, when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built. It is one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reservo ...

on the

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where the river meets one of its tributaries Tomakivka. Marhanets hosts the administration of

Marhanets urban hromada Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...

, 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. Its population is approximately .

History

It is considered that next to the modern city was located the Cossack Fort "Tomakivka Sich" in the 16th century that was destroyed by Tatars soon after the Kosiński Uprising. During

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, Marhanets was under

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occupation from 17 August 1941 until 5 February 1944. It was administered as a part of

Reichskommissariat Ukraine During World War II, (abbreviated as RKU) was the civilian occupation regime () of much of Nazi German-occupied Ukraine (which included adjacent areas of modern-day Belarus and pre-war Second Polish Republic). It was governed by the Reich Min ...

. The Germans operated a

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camp in the town. On October 12, 2010, at least 42 people died in the

Marhanets train accident The Marhanets train accident occurred on 12 October 2010, at Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine when a train collided with a passenger bus on a railroad crossing, railroad level crossing. 43 people were reported dead and nine injured. The b ...

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

Marhanets Municipality Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...

. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Marhanets Municipality was merged into Nikopol Raion.

References

External links

The first film about history of town Marhanets
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