''The article's name is transliterated in accordance to the official and academical romanization of Ukrainian.'' Chonhar ( uk, Чонгар), transliterated sometimes as Chongar, is a village in

Henichesk Raion Henichesk Raion ( uk, Генічеський район) is one of the 5 administrative raions (districts) of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative centre is located in the city of Henichesk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as pa ...

, Kherson Oblast, which is located on the Chonhar peninsula within the swampy region of

Syvash The Syvash or Sivash (Russian and Ukrainian: ; , Cyrillic: Сываш, "dirt"), also known as the or (, ''Gniloye More''; , ''Hnyle More''; , Cyrillic: Чюрюк Денъиз), is a large area of shallow lagoons on the west coast of the Sea ...

. The village is a seat of the Chonhar rural community (

silrada The local government in Ukraine ( uk, Місцева влада, Mistseva vlada) consists of two systemsBatanov, O. Local government (Місцева влада)'. Legal Encyclopedia. based on administrative divisions of Ukraine. There are 24 obl ...

). It belongs to

Henichesk urban hromada Henichesk ( uk, Гені́чеськ, Heniches’k, ; rus, links=on, Гени́ческ, r=Genichesk, p=ɡʲɪˈnʲit͡ɕɪsk) is a port city along the Sea of Azov in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative cen ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

On 27 February 2014 during the

2014 Crimean crisis In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv ...

Crimean Berkut occupied the checkpoint near Chonhar and neighbouring territory. After the Russian annexation of

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

to the area became a ''de facto'' border patrolled by Berkut and Russian troops. By 27 December 2014 Russian forces had fully withdrawn from Chonhar Peninsula.Chonhar Peninsula fully under Ukraine's control
Interfax-Ukraine (27 December 2014)Ukrainian military released Chonhar in Kherson oblast
korrespondent.net (26 December 2014)

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The murder of the Jews of Chonhar
during

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, at

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website. {{2014 Crimean crisis Villages in Henichesk Raion Russia–Ukraine border crossings Holocaust locations in Ukraine

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