Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan (Ukrainian: Го́ла При́стань, pronounced [ˈɦɔɫɐ ˈprɪstɐnʲ]) is a city in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine occupied by Russia. It hosts the administration of the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It has a population of 13,544. (2022 est.)[2]
Hola Prystan
Гола Пристань | |
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  Hola Prystan Location of Hola Prystan  Hola Prystan Hola Prystan (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 46°31′N 32°31′E | |
| Country |  Ukraine (de jure)  Russia (de facto) |
| Oblast |  Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Skadovsk Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total |  13,544 |
| Postal code | 75600 |
| Area code | +380-5539 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | http://www.golapristan-mrada.gov.ua/ |
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The Konka, a tributary of the Dnieper, flows through the city.
Administrative status
Until 18 July, 2020, Hola Prystan was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Hola Prystan Municipality. It also served as the administrative center of Hola Prystan Raion, though it did not belong to the raion. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Hola Prystan Municipality was merged into Skadovsk Raion.[3][4]
History
Hola Prystan literally meaning barren pier, was founded in 1709 by Zaporizhian Cossacks as Holyi Pereviz (Barren Ford). Since 1785, it has been called Hola Prystan.
Jews apparently began to settle in Hola Prystan at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1897 Hola Prystan’s 667 Jews comprised 11 percent of the total population.
At the turn of the century many of the businesses in the town were owned by Jews. In 1905 there was a pogrom in which 2 Jewish shops were destroyed. The pogrom was stopped not by the authorities but by peasants who did not take part in the attack on the Jews.
Under the Soviets the Jewish population of Hola Prystan fell, mainly due to migration to larger cities in search of jobs and education opportunities. In 1939 Hola Prystan‘s 276 Jews comprised 3.6 percent of the total population.
Hola Prystan was occupied by German troops on September 13, 1941. On October 12, 1941 the Jews of Hola Pristan were shot outside the town.
Hola Pristan was liberated by the Red Army on November 4, 1943.[5]
On 1 August 1997 a Project R1415 (NATO code: Flamingo class) Ukrainian patrol boat Hola Prystan was named after the town.[6]
Hola Pristan was granted the status of regional town on May 17, 2013.
The city has been occupied by Russian forces since 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
Gallery
Temporary Saint Volodymyr's Church
New Saint Volodymyr's Church (2013)
Church of the Holy Spirit in Hola Prystan
References
- "Голопристанская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- 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.
- "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.
- Yad Vashem — Golaya Pristan
- "Противодиверсионный катер "Голая пристань" (U241) ВМС ВС Украины" [Anti-sabotage boat "Hola Prystan" (U241) of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine] (in Russian). 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- "Car belonging to people's deputy Kovalov is blown up - intelligence chief". Ukrainska Pravda. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Hola Prystan during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.