Stepnohirsk (Ukrainian: Степногірськ; Russian: Степногорск) is a rural settlement in Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. The settlement is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, dammed here and forming Kakhovka Reservoir. Stepnohirsk hosts the administration of Stepnohirsk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 4,294 (2022 estimate).[2]
Stepnohirsk
Степногірськ | |
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  Stepnohirsk Location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast  Stepnohirsk Location in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 47°35′14″N 35°21′17″E / 47.58722°N 35.35472°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion | Vasylivka Raion |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 4,294 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Transport
editThe closest railway station, Plavni-Vantazhni, is about two kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the settlement, on the railway connecting Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol. There is some passenger traffic.
The settlement is on highway M18 which connects Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol.
Notable people
edit- Yehor Demchenko (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
Russian Interference
edit- On the 2nd of January 2025, a Russian airstrike struck the settlement, killing 1 person.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Степногірська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gyori, Boldizsar (2 January 2025). "Russian strike kills civilian in Zaporizhzhia Oblast". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2025.