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Kozachi Laheri, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast
Village in Kherson, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kozachi Laheri (Ukrainian: Козачі Лагері, lit. 'Cossack Camps') is a village (selo) on the left bank of the Dnipro River[1] in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.[2]
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Administratively, the village belongs to Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas (communities) of Ukraine, which is centered in the nearby town of Oleshky.[2] Kozachi Laheri has been on the line of contact of the Dnipro campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
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History
During the Russian Empire, Kozachi Laheri was the administrative center of the Kozacho-Laherska Volost, a volost of the Dneprovsky Uyezd.[4] Its name literally translates from Ukrainian to English as "Cossack Camps".[5] In 1886, Kozachi Laheri had a population of 2,665. The village had an Orthodox church, two stores, a school and an annual fair.[4]
As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kozachi Laheri was occupied by Russia in February 2022.[6] Russian forces shelled a kindergarten in the village on the night of 4 May 2022.[7]
The village was partially flooded when the Kakhovka Dam collapsed on 6 June 2023.[8] Ukrainian special forces conducted raids in the village in August 2023 during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.[5][9]
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Demographics
According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Kozachi Laheri was 3,880, of which 1,742 were men and 2,138 were women.[10]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 3,726. 94.17% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 5.43% were native Russian speakers, 0.05% were native Belarusian speakers, 0.05% were native Romanian speakers, 0.03% were native Hungarian speakers, and the remaining 0.27% spoke other languages.[10]
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