Huliaipole

Huliaipole (Ukrainian: Гуляйполе [ɦʊlʲɐjˈpɔle]; lit. 'walk-about field') is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Huliaipole Raion. It is known as the birthplace of Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno. It has a population of 13,262 (2020 est.)[1]

Huliaipole

Гуляйполе
Huliaipole district council
Coat of arms
Huliaipole
Coordinates: 47°39′N 36°16′E
Country
Oblast
Raion		 Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Huliaipole Raion
Founded1938
Population
 (2020)
 • Total13,262
Postal code
70200
Area code(s)+380 6145
ClimateDfa
Websitehttp://gpmrada.gov.ua/

History

Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, the area was mostly settled by Cossacks and the nomadic Lesser Nogai Horde. Afterwards, it was part of the Alexandrovsky Uyezd in Yekaterinoslav Governorate. Between 1917 and 1921, reflective of the turbulence in the region brought about by the Russian Civil War (and concurrent Ukrainian War of Independence), the city changed hands no fewer than sixteen times. During this period, Huliaipole was variously held by Austro-Hungarian forces, the Red Army, the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Hetmanate, Anton Denikin's White Army and the Makhnovist Black Army, among others.[2]

Huliaipole gained city status in 1938.[3][4] During World War II in October 1941, the city was occupied by German troops. In September 1943, it was liberated by the Soviet troops of the Southern Front.[5]

Huliaipole's population was 16,000 in 1970,[3] 19,198 in 1989[6][4] and 14,358 in January of 2013.[7]

Famous people

References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. Notes on the Makhnovista, Nestor Makhno and the Russian Civil war in the Eastern Ukraine. Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Гуляйполе // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 7. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.
  4. Гуляйполе // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.349
  5. История второй мировой войны (в 12 тт.). том 7. / редколл., гл. ред. А. А. Гречко. М., Воениздат, 1976. стр.203
  6. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  7. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.63
  8. (in Ukrainian) "We are from Makhnograd." What do they think about Zelensky in Huliaipil and how do they treat the anarchist Nestor Makhno, Ukrayinska Pravda (9 October 2020)


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