Askania-Nova (urban-type settlement)

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Askania-Nova
Асканія-Нова
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Askania-Nova
Flag
Coat of arms of Askania-Nova
Coat of arms
Askania-Nova is located in Kherson Oblast
Askania-Nova
Askania-Nova
Coordinates: 46°27′6″N 33°52′14″E / 46.45167°N 33.87056°E / 46.45167; 33.87056Coordinates: 46°27′6″N 33°52′14″E / 46.45167°N 33.87056°E / 46.45167; 33.87056
CountryUkraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionKakhovka Raion
First mentioned1822
Area
 • Total10 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • TotalDecrease 2,585
Postal code
75230
Area code(s)+380 5538

Askania-Nova (Ukrainian: Асканія-Нова), or New-Askania is an urban-type settlement in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, near the Askania-Nova biosphere reserve. It hosts the administration of , one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 2,585 (2021 est.)[2]

History[]

Commemorative Coin for Askania-Nova
Commemorative Coin for Askania-Nova

It was established in 1822 as a rural settlement of Chapli. In 1828 the estate of Chapli was leased by Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. The estate was renamed Neu-Askania, as the Duke's family held the title the Duke of Ascania since 1330. The 25 sheep breeders and German colonizers from that county found a loosely populated settlement of Ascania-Nova. Later, in 1835, it became a khutir of Askania-Nova. In 1856 a Ukrainian-born German entrepreneur Friedrich Fein bought that estate from the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (presumably Leopold IV) (some 52,000 ha). Friedrich Fein was grandfather of Friedrich Falz-Fein, the founder of Askania Nova biosphere reserve. In 1890 it was known as the incorporated rural settlement of Askania-Nova.

The settlement has been classified as urban since 1938.

Until 18 July 2020, Askania-Nova belonged to Chaplynka 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 Chaplynka Raion was merged into Kakhovka Raion.[3][4]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ "Аскания-Новая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.

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