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Chonhar
Чонгар | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Abandoned café "Chonhar" | |
  Chonhar Location of Chonhar  Chonhar Chonhar (Kherson Oblast)  Chonhar Chonhar (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 46°01′51″N 34°32′45″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson |
| Raion | Henichesk |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,431 |
 | |
Chonhar (Ukrainian: Чонгар), transliterated sometimes as Chongar, is a village in Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast, which is located on the Chonhar peninsula within the swampy region of Syvash. The village is a seat of the Chonhar rural community (silrada). It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
History
On 27 February 2014 during the 2014 Crimean crisis Crimean Berkut occupied the checkpoint near Chonhar and neighbouring territory.[2] After the Russian annexation of Crimea to the area became a de facto border patrolled by Berkut and Russian troops.[3][4] By 27 December 2014 Russian forces had fully withdrawn from Chonhar Peninsula.[4][5]
See also
References
- "Геническая городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- "ПОСТ "ЧОНГАР" КОНТРОЛИРУЕТ КРЫМСКИЙ "БЕРКУТ" ПОДЧИНЕННЫЙ ЯНУКОВИЧУ (видео) = Checkpoint 'Chonhar' is under control of Crimean 'Berkut' subordinated to Yanukovich (video)" (in Russian). 'Новый Визит' (Henichesk). February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- "Ragtag camp grows on Russia's new frontier". Yahoo! News.
- Chonhar Peninsula fully under Ukraine's control, Interfax-Ukraine (27 December 2014)
(in Ukrainian) Ukrainian military released Chonhar in Kherson oblast, korrespondent.net (26 December 2014) - "Andriy Lysenko: Russian border troops withdraw behind the administrative border of Kherson oblast". Ukraine Crisis Media Center. 27 December 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
External links
- Russians enter town north of Crimea, say Ukrainians. Fox News
- The murder of the Jews of Chonhar during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
На других языках
- [en] Chonhar
[ru] Чонгар (село)
Чонга́р (укр. Чонгар) — село на Украине в Геническом районе Херсонской области, центр сельского совета.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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