Vasylivka
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Vasylivka Василівка |
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 Vasylivka
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| Coordinates: 47°26′3″N 35°16′35″E / 47.43417°N 35.27639°E | |||
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Country Oblast Raion |
Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast Vasylivsky Raion |
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| Founded | 1784 | ||
| City rights | 1957 | ||
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| • Land | 10.23 km2 (3.95 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 13 996 | ||
| Postal code | 71602 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380-6175 | ||
| Climate] | Dfa | ||
Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка; Russian: Васильевка) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Vasylivka Raion. The city is situated on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River. Population: 13,996 (2013 est.). In 2001, according to the census, population was 15,592.
The area was settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 1740s. In 1788, Catherine II of Russia granted the region to a landlord Vasili Stepanovich Popov, a Russian general whose name Vasylivka as his manor still bears. His grandson built the Popov Manor House there. The residence was visited by Anton Makarenko in 1925.
Popov Castle (back view)
Old district of Vasylivka
Former school
Bus station
Coordinates: 47°26′N 35°16′E / 47.433°N 35.267°E
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