Posad-Pokrovske ( uk, Посад-Покровське, ) is a village in Kherson 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. Alternative historical names for the village included Pokrovske and Kopani.

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Posad-Pokrovske was located in the

Bilozerka Raion Bilozerka Raion ( uk, Білозерський район) was one of the 18 former administrative raions ( ''districts'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the urban-type settlement of Bilozerka. The ...

. 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 Bilozerka Raion was merged into Kherson Raion.

History

Posad-Pokrovske was founded in 1789 as a property of the

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from a ...

. In 1795, there were 19 houses with 91 inhabitants. Posad-Pokrovske was liberated by Ukraine's

28th Mechanized Brigade , image = 28 ОМБр к.svg , image_size = 200 , caption = 28th Mechanized Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia , dates = 1942present , country ...

in mid-March 2022. Posad-Pokrovske was a front line village until the

liberation of Kherson The Liberation of Kherson was the recapture on 11 November 2022 of the city of Kherson and other areas of Kherson Oblast and parts of Mykolaiv Oblast on the right bank of the Dnieper river by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU), while the Russi ...

eight months later, which led to the destruction of most of the village.

Demographics

The native languages of Posad-Pokrovske as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 were:Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua
*

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

90.97% * Russian 8.22% * Moldovan (

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

) 0.38% *

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

0.04% * Others 0.39%

References

Notes

{{Use mdy dates, date=February 2015 Villages in Kherson Raion Chornobaivka rural hromada Populated places established in 1789