Nyzhniohirskyi ( uk, Нижньогірський; crh, Seyitler) or Nizhnegorsky (russian: Нижнегорский), 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 ...

in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of

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and occupied by

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as the

Republic of Crimea The Republic of Crimea, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; uk, Республіка Крим, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; crh, , is an unrecognized federal subject ( republic) of Russia, located in the Crimean Peninsula. Its territory ...

. The town also serves as the administrative center of the Nyzhnohirskyi Raion (

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), housing the district's local administration buildings. As of the

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, its population was 10,534. Current population:

History

The settlement was known by its Crimean Tatar name Seyitler ( uk, Сеїтлер, Seitler, links=no; russian: Сейтлер, Seytler, links=no) until 1944. Russia captured Nyzhniohirskyi on March 3, 2014, during its invasion of Crimea starting from 27 February.

Notebable people

* Serhiy Dzyndzyruk (born 1976), Ukrainian boxer

References

External links

The murder of the Jews of Nyzhnohirskyi
during

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, at

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