Tavrychanka () is a village in Kakhovka 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 ...

, Ukraine. The village hosts the administration of the

Tavrychanka rural hromada Tavrychanka () is a village in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. The village hosts the administration of the Zelenyi Pid rural hromada, Tavrychanka rural hromada, one of the List of hromadas of Ukraine, hromadas of Ukraine. The Ukrainian ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The Ukrainian industrialist

Vira Naydyonova Vira Opanasivna Naydyonova ( uk, Віра Опанасівна Найдьонова; 5 August 1948 – 30 April 2016) was a Ukrainian industrialist and manager who directed the middle-class state research farm Askaniyske from 1985 to 2016 and ove ...

is buried in the St. Basil the Great Church, in the village.

Geography

The village is situated 91 km south east of the administrative centre of the Oblast,

Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of 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 appr ...

, and 41 km south-east of the administrative centre of the raion, Nova Kakhovka. It has an area of 1.82 km2 and a population of approximately 1,703 people.

Russian Invasion and Occupation

When

Russia invaded 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. An ...

, most of Kherson Oblast, along with the village of Tavrychanka, were captured on the first day of the war, 24 February 2022. On 10 and 11 November 2022, all settlements west of the Dnieper, including the city of

, were liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, as of February 2023, the village remains occupied by

Russian forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the Military, military forces of Russia. In terms of Active duty, active-duty personnel, they are the List of countries by number of milita ...

References

{{Kherson Oblast Villages in Kakhovka Raion 1859 establishments