Vasylivka
Vasylivka
Василівка | |
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Vasylivka Location of Vasylivka | |
Coordinates: 47°26′3″N 35°16′35″E / 47.43417°N 35.27639°E | |
Country Oblast Raion | Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast Vasylivsky Raion |
Founded | 1784 |
City rights | 1957 |
Area | |
• Land | 10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 12,771 |
Postal code | 71602 |
Area code(s) | +380-6175 |
Climate | Dfa |
Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка; Russian: Васильевка) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Vasylivka Raion. The city is situated on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River. Population: 12,771 (2021 est.)[1]
History[]
The area was settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 1740s. In 1788, Catherine II of Russia granted the region to a landlord Vasili Stepanovich Popov, a Russian general whose name Vasylivka as his manor still bears. His grandson built the Popov Manor House there. The residence was visited by Anton Makarenko in 1925.
In January 1989, according to the census, population was 16,325.
In January 2013, population was 13,996.[2]
Gallery[]
Popov Castle (back view)
Old district of Vasylivka
Former school
Bus station
References[]
Coordinates: 47°26′N 35°16′E / 47.433°N 35.267°E
- Cities in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Cities of district significance in Ukraine
- Populated places established in the Russian Empire
- Populated places on the Dnieper in Ukraine
- Melitopolsky Uyezd
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast geography stubs