Sahy, Ukraine
Village in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
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Sahy (Ukrainian: Саги) is a small village in the Kherson Raion of the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine with a pre-war population of 770.[1]
Sahy
Саги | |
|---|---|
  Sahy Location of Sahy  Sahy Sahy (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 46°36′44″N 32°47′40″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raions of Ukraine | Kherson Raion |
| Hromada | Oleshky urban hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) 5% |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (January 2022) | 770 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Eastern European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Eastern European Summer Time) |
It has an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 mi2). Sahy is located around 8.5 miles (13.6 km) south-east of the city of Kherson.[1]
The village's time-zone is UTC+2 (UTC+3 in the summer), which is standard across Ukraine except for the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which observe Moscow Standard time (UTC+3).[2]
History
The village was founded sometime in the second half of the nineteenth century by people from Penza and Kaluga, along with some from the Right-bank Ukraine and modern Moldova.[3] The Soviet Union took over the village in January 1918.[3] Later, during the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by German troops from 11 September 1941 to 4 November 1943.[3]
The village is currently occupied by Russian forces, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] Due to the Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on June 6, 2023, the village was temporarily flooded.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the only official census taken in post-independence Ukraine, the population of the village was 804 people. Of the people residing in the village, their mother tongue is as follows:[6]
| Language | Percentage of
Population |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 91.92% |
| Russian | 6.72% |
| Armenian | 1.00% |
| Polish | 0.24% |
| Romanian | 0.06% |
| Other | 0.06% |
Monuments
There is a monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Ivan Ivanovich Boyko, located in the village.[3] He was awarded the title for his fighting against the Nazis during World War II, and was born in the village.