Kostohryzove, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast

Kostohryzove (Ukrainian: Костогризове) is a village in Oleshky urban hromada, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.^[2]

There is no consensus on how the village name came to be.^[3] According to legends, the Cossacks fought against the Crimean Tatars and Turks with a lesser number of troops and eventually ran out of ammunition, so they forced an attack, which they won.^[3] They then left a mound on the graves of their comrades according to Cossack custom, and named the battlefield Kostohryzove.^[3] Other versions include the name coming from a former farm on Kostohryzove lake or that it was named after the surname of the Cossack Kostohryz who settled on the lands.^[3]

Kostohryzove is first mentioned in written sources in 1796.^[3] The first settlers were escaped serfs who became state peasants.^[3] In January 1918. During the Russian Civil War, Kostohryzove was taken by the Red Army in January 1918, and incorporated into the Soviet Union.^[3] During World War I in March 1918 the Germans captured it, and then it was taken over by members of the Allies (Greece, France, Britain), who ruled until March 1919.^[3] In 1928, a joint land cultivation called "Gurtova Dela" was established, and in the fall of 1929 a collective farm was established.^[3] Collectivization was completed in 1933.^[3] During World War II, 334 people from Kostohryzove fought against Nazi Germany on the frontline. 197 of these died, and 117 were awarded medals.^[1]

The village was occupied by Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022. On 1 June 2023, Yuriy Patlatyi, a collaborationist official in the village, was killed in an explosion under unknown circumstances. Russian occupation officials, reporting on his death, blamed the Armed Forces of Ukraine.^[4]