Stepnohirsk

Stepnohirsk
Степногірськ
Rural settlement
Stepnohirsk is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Stepnohirsk
Stepnohirsk
Stepnohirsk is located in Ukraine
Stepnohirsk
Stepnohirsk
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°35′14″N 35°21′17″E / 47.58722°N 35.35472°E / 47.58722; 35.35472
CountryUkraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionVasylivka Raion
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
4,294
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Stepnohirsk (Ukrainian: Степногірськ; Russian: Степногорск) is a rural settlement in Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. The settlement is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, dammed here and forming Kakhovka Reservoir. Stepnohirsk hosts the administration of Stepnohirsk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,294 (2022 estimate).[2]

Transport

The closest railway station, Plavni-Vantazhni, is about two kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the settlement, on the railway connecting Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol. There is some passenger traffic.

The settlement is on highway M18 which connects Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol.

Notable people

Russian Interference

  • On the 2nd of January 2025, a Russian airstrike struck the settlement, killing 1 person.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Степногірська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
  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. ^ Gyori, Boldizsar (2 January 2025). "Russian strike kills civilian in Zaporizhzhia Oblast". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2025.