Novooleksiivka

Novooleksiivka Новоолексіївка
Rural settlement
Novooleksiivka
Novooleksiivka railway station
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°13′34″N 34°38′30″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
Raion	Henichesk Raion
Founded	1874
Council	Novooleksiivska settlement council
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	10,026
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	75560
Area code	+380 5534

Novooleksiivka (Ukrainian: Новоолексіївка) is a rural settlement in Henichesk urban hromada,[1] Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It had a population of 10,026 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

In 1874 under the Russian Empire, a small railway station called Novooleksiivka was founded near a village of the same name (now renamed Oleksyivka). A new settlement gradually arose around the station, eventually became a village as well. As the cargo turnover of the station was small, the population of Novooleksiivka was mainly engaged in agriculture. It was a part of the Dniprovsky district of the Tavriya Governorate at that time.

In 1908, the first school was built at Novooleksiivka at the expense of local peasants, where 2 teachers were employed and 64 pupils were engaged. In 1930, a sovkhoz fruit-producing farm was built, whose main activity was the production, harvesting, storage, processing and sale of seeds.[3]

Until 26 January 2024, Novooleksiivka was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Novooleksiivka became a rural settlement.[4]

Novooleksiivka was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War, after they crossed the nearby border from Russian-occupied Crimea into mainland Ukraine.^[citation needed]

Demographics

According to the Ukrainian national census in 2001, Novooleksiivka had a population of 10,227 inhabitants. In contrast to other rural settlements in Ukraine, the town's population didn't experience any noticeable decline in the following 20 years, and still counted 10,027 inhabitants in January 2022.[5]

Languages

In terms of spoken languages, the town is diverse. The largest group are native Ukrainian-speakers, accounting for roughly 40% of the population. 30% speak Russian as their primary language, 5% Crimean Tatar, smaller minorities speak German, Belarusian and the Romanian language. Over one fith of the population claimed to speak another language natively, or didn't state any native tongue. The exact composition was as follows:[6]

Native languages in Novooleksiivka percent Ukrainian   40.7% Russian   31.5% Crimean Tatar   5.5% Belarusian   0.3% German   0.2% Moldovan   0.1% Romani   0.1% others   21.2%

Religion

There is an orthodox church, the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos, a mosque, the Adzhy Belial Dzhami mosque.[7]

See also

• Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast

References

1. "Геническая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
3. "Новоолексіївка, Генічеський район, Херсонська область » Історія міст і сіл Української РСР" (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-06.
4. "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
5. "Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня/Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022" (PDF). www.db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. 2022-01-01.
6. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
7. "Мечеть Аджы Белял Джами (Новоалексеевка, Херсонская область) | IMUSLIM". imuslim.net. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2019-07-06.

External links

• Media related to Novooleksiivka at Wikimedia Commons