Stanislav (
Ukrainian: ''Станіслав'') is a village in
Kherson Raion
Kherson Raion ( uk, Херсонський район, russian: Херсонский район) is a raion (district) of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The cente ...
western
Kherson Oblast,
Ukraine
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, with a population of around 4,724 inhabitants. It hosts the administration of
Stanislav rural hromada, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Geography
The Village is located on the right bank of the
Dnieper–Bug estuary
The Dnieper–Bug estuary ( uk, Дніпровсько-Бузький лиман) is an open estuary, or liman, of two rivers: the Dnieper and the Southern Bug (also called the Boh River). It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea and ...
.
History
Until 18 July, 2020, Stanislav belonged to
Bilozerka Raion. 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.
Stanislav came under
Russian occupation during the
2022 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. ...
. On November 10, Ukrainian forces liberated the town.
References
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Villages in Kherson Raion