Tsiurupynsk
Encyclopedia
Tsiurupynsk is a city in Kherson Oblast
(province
) of Ukraine
that until 1928 was called Oleshky. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in the southern Ukraine. Population of it is 30,123 (2001).
It was named after Alexander Tsiurupa, the former Soviet Trade Minister and the chief of Gosplan
. Tsiurupa was born in the city which was renamed after he died in 1928.
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast is an oblast in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 29000 km², its population is 1.12 million.Important cities in the oblast include:...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
that until 1928 was called Oleshky. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in the southern Ukraine. Population of it is 30,123 (2001).
It was named after Alexander Tsiurupa, the former Soviet Trade Minister and the chief of Gosplan
Gosplan
Gosplan or State Planning Committee was the committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union. The word "Gosplan" is an abbreviation for Gosudarstvenniy Komitet po Planirovaniyu...
. Tsiurupa was born in the city which was renamed after he died in 1928.
History
- 1084 Oleshia, medieval port-city, destroyed by the Mongol-Tatars
- 1711-1728 Oleshky Host was located on territory of modern city
- 1784 the settlement of Oleshky was established that in 1790 became part of the Kinburn palanka of Black-sea Cossacks.
- 1802 the settlement obtained the city rights and became the center of the Dnipro uyezdUyezdUyezd or uezd was an administrative subdivision of Rus', Muscovy, Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR which was in use from the 13th century. Uyezds for most of the history in Russia were a secondary-level of administrative division...
(povit) of the Taurida Governrate. - In 1925 town was renamed to Tsiurupynsk from Oleshky, its original name
- On November 21, 2007 the city council accepted the decision (#296) to rename the city back to Oleshky. The deputies of the city and the distrct councils as well as the local cossacks wrote a letter to the President of UkrainePresident of UkrainePrior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
requesting for the decision to be carried out.
Geography
- River KonkaKonkaKonka can refer to:* Konka River in Ukraine* Konka Group, a Chinese electronics companyKonkaKonka is an Indian Family surname belongs to the Padmashali Community of Southern Region of India. Originated from Tornala of Medak District of A...
goes through the town and falls in to Dnieper - Tsiurupynsk is on the left bank of Dniper
- Oleshky SandsOleshky SandsOleshky Sands is the largest expanse of sand in Ukraine. It is situated inland from the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and consists of sand dunes or kuchuhury , which reach a height of five meters...
in a close proximity