Kherson

This article is about the modern city. For the Greek colony, see Chersonesus. For other uses, see Kherson (disambiguation).

Kherson
Херсон
City
Clockwise from top: St Catherine's cathedral, Memorial in Park Slavy, view of the Dnieper in Kherson, the clock tower of the Kherson Regional Art Museum, a monument to Potemkin in Potomkinskyi Garden Square.
Clockwise from top: St Catherine's cathedral, Memorial in Park Slavy, view of the Dnieper in Kherson, the clock tower of the Kherson Regional Art Museum, a monument to Potemkin in Potomkinskyi Garden Square.
Flag of Kherson
Flag
Coat of arms of Kherson
Coat of arms
Kherson is located in Kherson Oblast
Kherson
Kherson
Location of Kherson
Kherson is located in Ukraine
Kherson
Kherson
Kherson (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°38′33″N 32°37′30″E / 46.64250°N 32.62500°E / 46.64250; 32.62500
Country Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionKherson Raion
HromadaKherson urban hromada
Founded18 June 1778
Government
 • MayorIhor Kolykhaiev[1][a]
 • Head of the Kherson City Military Administration[3]Halyna Luhova[3][b]
Area
 • Total135.7 km2 (52.4 sq mi)
Elevation
46.6 m (152.9 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 279,131
Postal code
73000
Area code+380 552
Primary airportKherson International Airport
Websitemiskrada.kherson.ua
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Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian: Херсон, Ukrainian: [xerˈsɔn] ⓘ; Russian: [xʲɪrˈson]) is a port city in Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre.[4] At the beginning of 2022, its population was estimated at 279,131.[4]

From March to November 2022, the city was occupied by Russian forces during their invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces recaptured the city on 11 November 2022. In June 2023, the city was flooded following the Russian[5] destruction of the nearby Kakhovka Dam.[6]

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) The mayor of Kherson became the people's deputy majoritarian Archived 22 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrainska Pravda (16 November 2020)
  2. ^ "FSB errors played crucial role in Russia's failed war plans in Ukraine". Washington Post. 19 August 2022. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Alona Zakharov (21 September 2022). "Was Kolyhaev's secretary: Zelensky appointed a head of the Herson military administration". 24 Kanal (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference autogenerated1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Glanz, James; Santora, Marc; Robles, Pablo; Willis, Haley; Leatherby, Lauren; Koettl, Christoph; Khavin, Dmitriy (16 June 2023). "Why the Evidence Suggests Russia Blew Up the Kakhovka Dam". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (6 June 2023). "As flood waters rise around them, Kherson residents cast blame for destroyed dam on 'inhumane' Moscow". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.


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