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Syvash, Kherson Oblast

Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E / 45.96806°N 34.48806°E / 45.96806; 34.48806
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Syvash
Сиваш
Village
Syvash is located in Crimea
Syvash
Syvash
Syvash is located in Kherson Oblast
Syvash
Syvash
Syvash is located in Ukraine
Syvash
Syvash
Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E / 45.96806°N 34.48806°E / 45.96806; 34.48806
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionHenichesk Raion
Population
 (2004)
 • Total257
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Syvash (Ukrainian: Сиваш) is a village at the southernmost point of the Chonhar Peninsula on the northern coast of the Syvash sea in the Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of 257.[1] It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] The NovooleksiivkaDzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the sea near the village.

Syvash was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War when they crossed the nearby border of the de facto Republic of Crimea.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Ortschaft auf der offiziellen Webseite der Werchowna Rada[permanent dead link], retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Геническая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
Syvash railway station
Railway line running onto the bridge to Crimea