Mezhova
Mezhova
Межова | |
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  Mezhova  Mezhova | |
| Coordinates: 48°15′17″N 36°43′22″E / 48.25472°N 36.72278°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast |
| Raion | Synelnykove Raion |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 7,022 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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Mezhova (Ukrainian: Межова; Russian: Межевая) is a rural settlement in Synelnykove Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Mezhova settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] Population: 7,022 (2022 estimate).[1]
History
[edit]Until 18 July 2020, Mezhova was the administrative center of Mezhova Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Mezhova Raion was merged into Synelnykove Raion.[3][4]
Until 26 January 2024, Mezhova was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Mezhova became a rural settlement.[5]
Russo-Ukrainian War
[edit]On 16 August 2023, a Russian missile attack on the settlement killed an 18-year old man and injured 6 people, according to Serhiy Lysak, governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[6][7] The Russian military claimed that its missile attack destroyed a Ukrainian military train carrying ammunition.[8]
Economy
[edit]Transportation
[edit]Mezhova is on the road which connects Pokrovsk with Vasylkivka. It also has access to the M04 highway, connecting Pokrovsk with Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih.
Mezhova railway station is on the railway line connecting Dnipro via Synelnykove and Chaplyne with Pokvovsk. There is infrequent passenger traffic.
People from Mezhova
[edit]- Vladimir Semichastny (1924–2001), Soviet politician, KGB Chairman 1961–1967
References
[edit]- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Меживская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
- ^ "18-year old boy killed in Russian attack in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast". Ukrainska Pravda. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ Bevziuk, Daria (17 August 2023). "Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kill 1, injure 7". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Russia's missile strike wipes out Ukrainian army's ammo train in Dnepropetrovsk area". TASS. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
