Syvash, Kherson Oblast
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Syvash
Сиваш | |
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| Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E / 45.96806°N 34.48806°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Henichesk Raion |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 257 |
Syvash (Ukrainian: Сиваш) is a village at the southernmost point of the Chonhar Peninsula on the northern coast of the Syvash sea in the Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of 257.[1] It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] The Novooleksiivka–Dzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the sea near the village.
The village was founded in 1874 at the railway station of the same name, Syvash, that linked the village to Crimea.[3] The railway station was laid as part of the Lozovo-Sevastopol railway.[3] During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by German troops from 15 September 1941 to 30 October 1943.[3]
In the present day, the village is home to the Scientific and Innovative Complex "Ecology", which produces fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, Dzhankoysko-Sivash Research and Experimental Plant for the production of pharmaceuticals, the Agricultural Small Enterprise "Halobiont" for the production of food, and Research and Experimental Enterprise for the production of carotene.[3]
Syvash was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War when they crossed the nearby border of the de facto Republic of Crimea.[citation needed]
