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Rural locality in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine Village in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Syvash Сиваш
Village
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Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E / 45.96806°N 34.48806°E / 45.96806; 34.48806
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastKherson Oblast
RaionHenichesk Raion
Population
 • Total257

Syvash (Ukrainian: Сиваш) is a village at the southernmost point of the Chonhar Peninsula on the northern coast of the Syvash sea in the Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of 257. It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The Novooleksiivka–Dzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the sea near the village.

Syvash was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War when they crossed the nearby border of the de facto Republic of Crimea.

References

  1. Ortschaft auf der offiziellen Webseite der Werchowna Rada, retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "Геническая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
Syvash railway station
Railway line running onto the bridge to Crimea
Administrative divisions of Kherson Oblast
Administrative center: Kherson
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