Kyselivka, Kherson Oblast
{{Short description|Village in Bilozerka Raion, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kyselivka
| native_name = Киселівка
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_caption = The village council in Kyselivka, pictured in 2020
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| coordinates = {{Coord|46|45|13|N|32|24|32|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Kyselivka in the Kherson Oblast
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Ukraine}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Kherson Oblast
| subdivision_name2 = Kherson Raion
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Chornobaivka rural hromada
| elevation_m = 36
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Kyselivka ({{langx|uk|Киселівка}}, {{IPA|uk|kɪseˈl⁽ʲ⁾iu̯kɐ|pron}}) is a village (selo) of Ukraine, in Chornobaivka rural hromada, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast.
History
The village was affected by the Holodomor, in which an estimated 24 inhabitants of the village died.{{cite book|title=Національна книга пам'яті жертв Голодомору 1932—1933 років в Україні|section-url=https://holodomormuseum.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/hersonska_obl.pdf|section=Херсонська область. — Херсон: Наддніпрян. правда|year=2008|page=253|lang=uk}} Due to resistance to collectivization, criminal cases were opened against many villagers.{{when|date=November 2022}}Державний архів Херсонської області, ф. Р –787, оп. 1, спр. 960
= 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine =
{{See also|Southern Ukraine offensive}}
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village came under Russian occupation. According to the Ukrainian army, on the night of 29 April, 2022, a firefight took place between ethnic Chechen and Buryat soldiers in the Russian army. There were allegedly more than 50 participants on each side.
The reason for the conflict was purportedly reluctance from the Buryats to conduct offensive hostilities, as well as resentment of perceived "inequality" in conditions with the Chechens. The Chechens were involved in the safe job of keeping the back line, and also allegedly taking a disproportionate share of the loot.{{Cite web |last= |date=29 April 2022 |title=Генеральний штаб ЗСУ / General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine |url=https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/305381971774888 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=29 April 2022 |website=Facebook |publisher=Генеральний штаб ЗСУ|lang=uk}}{{Cite web |last= |date=29 April 2022 |title=Перестрілка бурятів з кадирівцями – окупанти не можуть поділити здобич |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/04/29/bilya-chornobayivky-buryaty-z-chechenczyamy-vlashtuvaly-mizh-soboyu-perestrilku-ye-zagybli-rozvidka |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=29 April 2022 |website=armyinform.com.ua |publisher=Інформаційне агентство АрміяInform|lang=uk}}
On 10 November 2022, it was reported that Ukrainian forces had retaken the village during the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive.{{Cite web |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 11 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-11 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=ISW |language=en}}
Demographics
In the 1989 Soviet census, the village was found to have 2,533 inhabitants, of whom 1,199 were men and 1,334 women.{{cite web|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?multilang=en&ma=19A0501_061_065&ti=19A0501%5F061%5F065%2E+Number+of+actual+and+permanent+population+in+rural+areas%2C+Khersonska+oblast+%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29&path=../Database/Census/01/01/&search=KYSELIVKA&lang=2|title=19A0501_061_065. Number of actual and permanent population in rural areas, Khersonska oblast (1,2,3,4)|access-date=18 May 2022}}
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had 2,466 inhabitants.{{cite web|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?multilang=en&ma=19A0501_07_065&ti=19A0501%5F07%5F065%2E+Number+of+actual+population+in+rural+areas%2C+Khersonska+oblast+%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29&path=../Database/Census/01/02/&search=KYSELIVKA&lang=2|title=19A0501_07_065. Number of actual population in rural areas, Khersonska oblast (1,2,3,4)|access-date=18 May 2022}}
= Languages =
The languages of the village's inhabitants were:{{cite web|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?multilang=en&ma=19A050501_02_065&ti=19A050501%5F02%5F065%2E+Distribution+of+the+population+by+native+language%2C+Khersonska+oblast+%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29&path=../Database/Census/05/02/01/&search=KYSELIVKA&lang=2|title=19A050501_02_065. Distribution of the population by native language, Khersonska oblast (1,2,3,4)|access-date=18 May 2022}}
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!Language !% |
| Ukrainian
| align="right" |94.75 % |
| Russian
| align="right" |4.33 % |
| Moldovan (Romanian)
| align="right" |0.68 % |
| Belarusian
| align="right" |0.12 % |