Novopetrivka, Vysokopillia settlement hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast
Novopetrivka
Новопетрівка | |
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Interactive map of Novopetrivka | |
Novopetrivka Location of Novopetrivka in Kherson Oblast Novopetrivka Novopetrivka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°25′46″N 33°28′06″E / 47.429444°N 33.468333°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Beryslav Raion |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.22 km2 (7.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 832 |
| • Density | 45.7/km2 (118/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 74040 |
| Area code | +380 5535 |
Novopetrivka (Ukrainian: Новопетрівка; Russian: Новопетровка) is a village in Beryslav Raion (district) in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about 109.4 kilometres (68.0 mi) northeast by north (NEbN) of the centre of Kherson city. It belongs to Vysokopillia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Geography
The village is 9 km from the district center and 3 km from the nearest railway station, Blakytne.[2] The river Yar Glyboka Kobylnya flows through the village.
History
The village was founded in 1887.[2] It was leased by the landowners, Ogarkov and Petrov.[2] The name of the village comes from the surname of one of the landowners, Petrov.[2] Settlers would often say they were going to "Petrov's land."[2] Unofficially, the village is also known by the name Shahany.[2] This comes from residents of the surrounding village, seeing the movement of the new settlers, would say they have "stepped into Petrov's land."[2] Most of the settlers that came were from Ananiivka (in Odesa oblast).[2] In 1892, the first school was opened in the village.[2] During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by German troops from 18 August 1941 to 10 March 1944.[2]
The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and was regained by Ukrainian forces by the beginning of October the same year.[3]
Demographics
The settlement had 832 inhabitants in 2001, native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of the same year:[1]
Monuments
There is a monument to those who died during World War II located in the village.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Новопетрівка. Віртуальний проєкт «Краєзнавство Таврії». Херсонська обласна універсальна наукова бібліотека ім. Олеся Гончара". krai.lib.kherson.ua. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ Kateryna Stepanenko; Karolina Hird; Katherine Lawlor; Riley Bailey; Grace Mappes; Frederick W. Kagan (4 October 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 4". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
Ukrainian forces continued to make substantial gains in northern Kherson Oblast on October 4. Geolocated footage shows Ukrainian troops in Velyka Oleksandrivka, Novopetrivka, and Starosillya, all in northwestern Kherson Oblast within 20km south of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border.