| Kozachi Laheri | |||||||||
| Native Name: | Коза́чі Лагері | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Kherson Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 46.707°N 32.983°W | ||||||||
| Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | Ukraine | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Kherson | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Kherson | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name3: | Oleshky | ||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kozachi Laheri within Kherson Oblast | ||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||
| Postal Code: | 75110 | ||||||||
| Area Code: | +380 5542 | ||||||||
| Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||
| Module: |
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| Population Total: | 3726 | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2001 | ||||||||
| Established Date: | 1758 | ||||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||
Kozachi Laheri (Ukrainian: Козачі Лагері|lit=Cossack Camps) is a village (selo) on the left bank of the Dnipro River[1] in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.[2]
Administratively, the village belongs to Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas (communities) of Ukraine, which is centered in the nearby town of Oleshky.[2] Kozachi Laheri has been on the line of contact of the Dnipro campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
During the Russian Empire, Kozachi Laheri was the administrative center of the Kozacho-Laherska Volost, a volost of the Dneprovsky Uyezd. Its name literally translates from Ukrainian to English as "Cossack Camps". In 1886, Kozachi Laheri had a population of 2,665. The village had an Orthodox church, two stores, a school and an annual fair.
As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kozachi Laheri was occupied by Russia in February 2022.[4] Russian forces shelled a kindergarten in the village on the night of 4 May 2022.[5]
The village was partially flooded when the Kakhovka Dam collapsed on 6 June 2023.[6] Ukrainian special forces conducted raids in the village in August 2023 during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.[7]
According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Kozachi Laheri was 3,880, of which 1,742 were men and 2,138 were women.[8]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 3,726. 94.17% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 5.43% were native Russian speakers, 0.05% were native Belarusian speakers, 0.05% were native Romanian speakers, 0.03% were native Hungarian speakers, and the remaining 0.27% spoke other languages.