Tavriiske

Tavriiske Таврійське Scheromet, Sheromet
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Coordinates: 47°39′10″N 35°41′51″E / 47.65284°N 35.69743°E / 47.65284; 35.69743Coordinates: 47°39′10″N 35°41′51″E / 47.65284°N 35.69743°E / 47.65284; 35.69743
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Raion	Zaporizhzhia Raion
Area
• Total	13,205 km2 (5,098 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population  (2004)
• Total	3.456
• Density	0.00026/km2 (0.00068/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	70540
Area code(s)	+380 6141

Tavriiske (Таврійське) is a village in Ukraine. Scheromet was the German name of a village which was settled by Hutterites from 1868 to 1874, until the Hutterites left for Canada.^[1]

Geography[]

Tavriiske is located on the right bank of the Konka River, opposite the village Yurkivka (Юрківка) and on the Territorial Road T-08-03. The village is the administrative center of a district municipality in the center of Orikhiv District, located about 50 km southeast of Zaporizhzhia Oblast center Zaporizhzhia and 14 km northwest of the district center Orikhiv.

History[]

Incorporated in 1798, the village developed from a farm that was founded in 1770. It then bore the name Zherebets (Жеребець) until 1939, then the name Kirove (Ukrainian: Кірове, Russian Кирово/Kirowo) until 12 May 2016, and since then the current name. The village has a railway station on the railway line Zaporizhia-Polohy.

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