Huliaipole

Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, the area was mostly settled by the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the nomadic Lesser Nogai Horde. The settlement arose during the 1770s, after the construction of the {{ill|Dnieper defensive line|ru|Днепровская оборонительная линия}} on the former lands of the Zaporozhian Sich, as part of the Russian Empire's policy to populate and develop the conquered Zaporozhian lands. When Catherine the Great dissolved the Sich, the local Cossacks either fled into exile or were brought into serfdom, with the residents of what is now Huliaipole falling under the yoke of the Shabelskiys.{{sfn|Skirda|2004|page=17}}

In 1785, the board of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate ordered the Novomoskovsk Zemstvo Court to establish the Huliaipole state military settlement for protection from the Crimean Khanate. Archival data confirmed that the first settlers came to the newly formed settlement from the territory of Starodubsky District, and later Kyiv region, Chernihiv region, Poltava region and Sloboda Ukraine. The name "Huliaipole" ({{lit|walk-about field}}) reflected the nature of the area where it was founded, which had frequently played host to fairs for a long time before the settlement's foundation. The settlement was traditionally divided into centuries, administrative-territorial units formed along military lines.{{sfn|Skirda|2004|page=2}} Hundreds of people from Podolia, Pishchanka, Guryan, Verbiv, Bokhansky, Kherson and later Poland settled in this way. In 1794 the settlement had 150 yards. The inhabitants of the region were actively engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry.

In 1797 the wooden Orthodox Church "Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Christ" was built, and Huliaipole became the township center of Alexandrovsky Uyezd.

From the middle of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century, the village of Huliaipole was transformed into a commercial and industrial town. In 1859, the first trades fair took place in Huliaipole. There were more than fifty trading companies with a total turnover of 1 million rubles. Next to them there were a large number of shops. The increased trade contributed to a large influx of population.

In the post-reform period, industrial enterprises emerged one after another in Huliaipole. In 1882, Krieger's factory of agricultural machinery began operating. Ten years later, another such plant and steam mill was opened by the industrialist Kerner. Both factories produced harvesters, horse threshers, choppers, and so on. The landowner Schroeder also had a large steam mill. In the following years, distilleries, several oil mills, and warehouses were put into operation. There were 18 shops in the village, and about three dozen merchants traded. In 1898, the Chaplyne–Berdyansk railway was laid nearby, which had a positive effect on the economic development of the village.

There were two agricultural machinery factories, four distilleries and one brewery in Huliaipole. There were three steam mills in Huliaipole and dozens more in the surrounding villages and economies that were part of Huliaipole parish. Besides them, there were a large number of peasant "windmills" around. In addition, there were two brick and tile factories in Huliaipole and twelve in villages and hamlets.

Along with industrial enterprises, in the village there were a dozen small, semi-artisanal productions - a crew workshop, several potters, as well as oil mills, smithies, carpentry and other workshops.

From 1884 until the First World War, Zemstvo exhibitions and auctions of agricultural and industrial products took place in Huliaipole every three years.

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After World War I, new socio-economic transformations took place in Huliaipole, caused by the change of state power and political regime. Between 1917 and 1921, reflective of the turbulence in the region brought about by the Russian Civil War (and concurrent Ukrainian War of Independence), the town changed hands no fewer than sixteen times. During this period, Huliaipole was variously held by Austro-Hungarian forces, the Red Army, the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Hetmanate, Anton Denikin's White Army and the Nestor Makhno's Insurgent Army, among others.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} During the conflict, Huliaipole became widely known as the headquarters of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine and the capital of the Makhnovshchina.{{sfn|Skirda|2004|page=358}}

During the industrialization of the 1930s, a rapid industrial development began to take place in Huliaipole, resulting in it gaining city status in 1938.Гуляйполе // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 7. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.Гуляйполе // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.349 Meanwhile, at least 108 residents of Huliaipole died during the Holodomor of 1932–1933.{{cite web|title=Гуляйполе|work=Геоінформаційна система місць «Голодомор 1932—1933 років в Україні»|publisher=Ukrainian Institute of National Memory|url=https://old.uinp.gov.ua/page/geoinformatsiina-sistema-golodomor-1932-1933-rokiv-v-ukraini|access-date=17 December 2021|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217142553/https://old.uinp.gov.ua/page/geoinformatsiina-sistema-golodomor-1932-1933-rokiv-v-ukraini}}

On 5 October 1941, as a result of the German offensive, Soviet troops fled the city and it was occupied by the Wehrmacht.Справочник «Освобождение городов: Справочник по освобождению городов в период Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945». М. Л. Дударенко, Ю. Г. Перечнев, В. Т. Елисеев и др. М.: Воениздат, 1985. 598 с.Исаев А. В. От Дубно до Ростова. — М.: АСТ; Транзиткнига, 2004. On 16 September 1943, it was liberated by the Soviet troops of the Southern Front during the Donbas strategic offensive.

In 1952, a brick factory, a butter factory, a garment and footwear factory, a pedagogical school, a secondary school, four seven-year schools, six elementary schools, a cinema and a club functioned here. In 1970, there was an agricultural machinery plant, a paint and varnish plant, an auto repair plant, a household goods plant, a cheese-making plant and a shoe factory.

By the time of the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, the basis of the city's economy was an agricultural machinery plant, a paints and varnishes plant, a shoe factory and food industry enterprises. In May 1995, the Government of Ukraine approved the decision on the privatization of the agricultural machinery plant,«235803 Гуляйпольський дослідно-експериментальний завод сільськогосподарських машин»
[http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/343%D0%B0-95-%D0%BF Постанова Кабінету міністрів України № 343а від 15 травня 1995 р. «Перелік об'єктів, що підлягають обов’язковій приватизації у 1995 році»] the paints and varnishes plant, regional agricultural and chemistry plants.[http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/343%D0%B1-95-%D0%BF Постанова Кабінету міністрів України № 343б від 15 травня 1995 р. «Перелік об'єктів, що підлягають обов’язковій приватизації у 1995 році»] In July 1995, a decision was approved on the privatization of the state farm.«03572808 Радгосп „Зарічний“, м. Гуляйполе»
[http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/538-95-%D0%BF Постанова Кабінету міністрів України № 538 від 20 липня 1995 р. «Про доповнення переліку об'єктів, що підлягають обов’язковій приватизації у 1995 році»] On 17 December 2004, the economic court of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast filed a bankruptcy case against a privatized agricultural machinery plant.Господарським судом в Запорізькій області 17.12.2004 року порушено провадження у справі № 19/222 (04) про банкрутство ВАТ "Гуляйпільський завод «Сільмаш» // газета «Голос України», № 25 (3525) від 10 лютого 2005 On 17 July 2020, as a result of administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of Huliaipole Raion, the city became a part of Polohy Raion.{{cite news|work=Resolutions|publisher=Verkhovna Rada|date=17 July 2020|issue=807–IX|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів|url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/807-IX#Text|language=uk|access-date=17 December 2021}}

File:Huliaipole Local Museum after Russian shelling (2024-08-24) 01.webp

During the southern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a battle for control of Huliaipole broke out between the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces.{{cite news |last1=Gibbons-Neff |first1=Thomas |last2=Yermak |first2=Natalia |date=30 March 2022 |title='Like Living in a Horror Movie': A Ukraine Town Dying a Slow Death |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/world/europe/ukraine-front-lines-russia-war.html |work=New York Times |location= |access-date=31 March 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/841482-russian-military-experiencing-problems-with-supply-of-ammunition-to-firing-positions|title=Russian Military Experiencing Problems With Supply Of Ammunition To Firing Positions|work=Ukrainian News Agency|first=Tanya|last=Gerasimova|date=15 March 2022|access-date=15 March 2022}} Under constant bombardment by Russian forces,{{cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3476455-enemy-attacks-huliaipole-from-artillery-and-aircraft.html|title=Enemy attacks Huliaipole from artillery and aircraft|date=6 May 2022|access-date=20 May 2022|work=Ukrinform}} many of Huliaipole's residents have been evacuated by the local administration,{{cite web|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/mayor-of-huliaipole-urges-people-to-evacuate-to-safer-places-in-ukraine-50241382.html|title=Mayor of Huliaipole urges people to evacuate to safer places in Ukraine |date=11 May 2022|access-date=20 May 2022|work=The New Voice of Ukraine}} while a number of residential buildings and civilian infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3483929-residential-houses-damaged-and-destroyed-in-russias-shelling-of-huliaipole.html|title=Residential houses damaged and destroyed in Russia's shelling of Huliaipole|work=Ukrinform|date=15 May 2022|access-date=20 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/857040-occupiers-destroy-road-between-polohy-and-huliaipole|title=Occupiers Destroy Road Between Polohy And Huliaipole|first=Roman|last=Vaniyan|work=Ukrainian News Agency|date=16 May 2022|access-date=20 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://tsn.ua/en/ato/in-zaporizhzhya-the-russian-invaders-blew-up-the-road-between-huliaipole-and-polohy-2063404.html|title=In Zaporizhzhya, the Russian invaders blew up the road between Huliaipole and Polohy|date=16 May 2022|access-date=20 May 2022|work=Television Service of News}}

The town of Huliaipole is located in the Gaichur river valleyГуляй Поле // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 13. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1952. стр.194 (the name of the reservoir is etymologized from the Turkic languages: gai "free" + chur "steppe"{{cite web|url=http://zotic.zp.ua/gulai_r01.html|title=Гуляйполе — столиця степів|publisher=Zaporizhzhia Oblast|work=Zaporizhzhia Regional Tourist Information Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115181936/http://www.zotic.zp.ua/gulai_r01.html |archive-date=15 November 2009 |access-date=17 December 2021|language=uk}}), upstream at a distance of 3.5 km is the village of Marfopil, downstream at a distance of 1.5 km is the village of Zelene. It is located 8 km from the railway station of the same name and 98 km from the regional center of Zaporizhzhia (via highways H08 and T 0814). In the north, Polohy Raion borders with Synelnykove Raion of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the east - with Donetsk.

Ethnic and linguistic composition according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:

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• Voldemar Antoni (1886–1974), Ukrainian anarchist intellectual, founder of the Union of Poor Peasants
• Vilen Kalyuta (1930–1999), Ukrainian cinematographer
• Semen Karetnyk (1893–1920), Ukrainian anarchist, commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
• Nestor Makhno (1888–1934), Ukrainian anarchist, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
• Oleksiy Marchenko (1880s–1921), Ukrainian anarchist, commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
• Oleksandr Semenyuta (1883–1910), Ukrainian insurrectionary anarchist, leader of the Union of Poor Peasants

File:Гуляйпільська чоловіча гімназія.JPG|Former boys' gymnasium

File:Гуляйпільський млин 02.JPG|Old mill, originally owned by the German Krieger company{{cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2020/10/9/7269307/|trans-title="We are from Makhnograd." What do they think about Zelensky in Huliaipole and how do they treat the anarchist Nestor Makhno|title=Воля або смерть. Чим живе Гуляйполе – батьківщина анархіста Нестора Махна|work=Ukrayinska Pravda|location=Huliaipole|publisher=East View Publications|date=9 October 2020|first1=Eugene|last1=Rudenko|first2=Eldar|last2=Sarakhman|access-date=17 December 2021|language=uk|oclc=1066371688}}

File:Huliaipole Museum1.jpg|Local history museum

{{reflist}}

• {{Cite book |last1=Skirda |first1=Alexandre |author-link=Alexandre Skirda |translator-last1=Sharkey |translator-first1=Paul |title=Nestor Makhno–Anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917–1921 |date=2004 |orig-year=1982 |language=en |isbn=978-1-902593-68-5 |publisher=AK Press |location=Oakland |df=mdy-all |oclc=60602979 }}

• [http://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=590 The murder of the Jews of Huliaipole] during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

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