Hladkivka Explained

Official Name:Hladkivka
Native Name:Гладківка
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Kherson Oblast#Ukraine
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Skadovsk Raion
Population Total:2912
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:75633
Demographics1 Info1:Ukrainian: 87.84%
Russian: 10.51%
Others: 1.27%

Hladkivka is a village in southern Ukraine, and is located in Skadovsk Raion of Kherson Oblast.

Demographics

In 1886, the population of the village was 2,178.[1]

In the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population was 2,910. Within it, 87.84% spoke Ukrainian as a native language, while 10.51% spoke Russian and 1.65% spoke a third language.[2]

History

The population suffered through the Second Holodomor in 1946-1947, with many dying of starvation.[3]

In 2022, the village was captured by Russian forces during the southern campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[4] and currently remains under occupation.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Февраль 1886 г. Снисок Изданиям Центральнaго Статистияческaго Комитета . Wikimedia commons.
  2. Web site: Кількість наявного населення по кожному сільському населеному пункту, Херсонська область (осіб) . . 2022-10-19 . 2014-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140731182036/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/Mult/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp . dead .
  3. Web site: Голодомор-геноцид 1932–1933 рр. та голод 1946–1947, стор 325 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307073534/http://history.org.ua/JournALL/pro/16/1/33.pdf . history.org.ua . 2016-03-07 . 2022-10-19.
  4. Web site: Clark . Mason . Barros . George . Stepanenko . Kateryna . 2022-02-25 . Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25 . 2022-10-19 . Institute for the Study of War.