Novovorontsovka ( uk, Нововоронцовка; russian: Нововоронцовка) 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 ...

Beryslav Raion Beryslav Raion ( uk, Бериславський район, ) is one of the five administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Beryslav. Its population was 55,97 ...

, Kherson Oblast, southern

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 hosts the administration of Novovorontsovka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Novovorontsovka 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 reserv ...

, an artificial reservoir on the

Dnieper } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and ...

. It has a population of

History

It is named after the Russian nobleman and

field-marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...

Mikhail Vorontsov. The settlement's Jewish population first settled here in the early 19th century. There were 1,685 Jews in the country in 1897, which is 32.5% of the total population. Most of the Jews in the area worked as artisans or retailers. The Russian Civil War and the tragedies of the revolution caused immense suffering for the Jews of Novovorontsovka. The bulk of Jews migrated from Noworonzovka to larger cities during the 1920s and 1930s in pursuit of employment and educational possibilities. Only 42 Jews were still present in the community in 1939, making about 1.1% of the total population. On August 18, 1941, German forces seized control of the town. Only twenty Jews were able to flee before German forces arrived. On September 24, 1941, the last Jews were massacred close to the village. The Red Army liberated Novovoronsovka on February 27, 1944. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, the settlement was occupied by Germany. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the settlement.

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Novovorontsovka was the administrative center of

Novovorontsovka Raion Novovorontsovka Raion ( uk, Нововоронцовський район) was one of the 18 administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Novo ...

. The raion 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 Novovorontsovka Raion was merged into Beryslav Raion.

Economy

Transportation

Novovorontsovka has access to the Highway H23 which connects

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. K ...

and Nikopol. Another road follows the right bank of the Dnieper and connects the settlement with

Beryslav Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center for Beryslav Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hrom ...

with access to Kherson. The closest railway station is about north in Tik on the railway connecting Apostolove and

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a populat ...

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{{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Beryslav Raion Populated places established in the Russian Empire Populated places established in 1795 Khersonsky Uyezd Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine

History

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