Skadovsk

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Skadovsk ({{langx|uk|Скадовськ}}, {{IPA|uk|skɐˈdɔu̯sʲk|IPA}}, {{langx|ru|Скадовск}}) is a port city on the Black Sea coast in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Skadovsk Raion and also hosts the administration of Skadovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Скадовская городская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/skadovska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} The city had a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|16,969|punct=.}}

It is located {{convert|94|km|0|abbr=on}} from Kherson. Skadovsk has a seaport. The closest railway station is Kalanchak, {{convert|94|km|0|abbr=on}} from Skadovsk.

History

File:Sergey B. Skadovsky.jpeg

The town was founded in 1894 by Sergey B. Skadovsky, a hydrobiologist and biochemist who was also a member of the State Council of the Taurida Governorate during the Russian Empire.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XGA6W96CAQMC&dq=Sergey+Skadovsky&pg=PT117 Molotov's Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History By Rachel Polonsky]

The town was originally a seaport for sending wheat, wool and furs to France, Germany and other European countries. The initial territory consisted of the Crimean Tatar fishing village Ali-Agok (Crimean Tatar for "quiet harbor") and the lands owned by Skadovsky. He and his wife are buried in Skadovsk.

During World War II, the town was occupied by Germany. The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the town.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=793|title=Gefängnis Skadovs'k|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=2 October 2022|language=de}}

=2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine=

{{See also|Southern Ukraine offensive|Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast}}

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian armed forces entered Skadovksk on March 9, 2022.[https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3424696-russian-troops-enter-skadovsk-call-on-mayor-not-to-hold-rallies.html Russian troops enter Skadovsk, call on mayor not to hold rallies] Within minutes after Russian equipment had entered the city, residents of the city came out to a rally with Ukrainian flags and called on the occupying forces to get out.[https://news.obozrevatel.com/society/rossijskie-voennyie-zashli-v-skadovsk-na-hersonschine-lyudi-ustroili-protest-i-gonyat-okkupantov-foto-i-video.htm Российские военные зашли в Скадовск на Херсонщине: люди устроили протест и гонят оккупантов. Фото и видео] On 12 March, the city's mayor declared that the Russian invaders had left the city.{{Cite news|date=2022-03-12 |title=Скадовськ зачистили від окупантів. Яка ситуація в місті |work=Newspaper in Ukrainian |url=https://gazeta.ua/articles/regions/_skadovsk-zachistili-vid-okupantiv-aka-situaciya-v-misti/1075477 |access-date=2022-03-13 |language=uk }} On 13 March, Russian troops again entered the city and deployed at a children camp on the outskirts of the city.{{Cite news|date=2022-03-13 |title=Колонна российских оккупантов заехала в Скадовск и разместилась в одном из детских лагерей, - мэр Яковлев |url=https://censor.net/ru/news/3324721/kolonna_rossiyiskih_okkupantov_zaehala_v_skadovsk_i_razmestilas_v_odnom_iz_detskih_lagereyi_mer_yakovlev |work=Censor.NET |access-date=2022-03-14 |language=uk }}

On 16 March 2022, Skadovsk's mayor, Oleksandr Yakovlev, was detained by the Russian military.{{cite news |title=Skadovsk residents rally against aggressor: Russians opened fire|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/16/7331879/|access-date=16 March 2022 |work=Ukrayinska Pravda |date=16 March 2022 |language=English}} According to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrayinska Pravda, on the same day of Yakovlev's detention, a peaceful rally demanding his release was held. It was claimed that Russian troops used tear gas and opened fire to disperse the rally. Ukrayinska Pravda had no information about victims. On 15 April, 2022, Russian forces removed the flag of Ukraine from the Skadovsk town hall and replaced it with a Russian flag.{{cite web | url=https://t.me/ukrpravda_news/14563 | title=УП. Стрічка }}{{cite web | url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3458253-skadovsk-city-council-says-no-to-cooperation-with-russians.html | title=Skadovsk City Council says no to cooperation with Russians | date=15 April 2022 }}

On 15 March 2024, Ukrainian partisans claimed to have carried out a bombing near a polling station in Skadovsk that was being used for the 2024 Russian presidential election. 5 Russian soldiers were wounded.{{cite web | url=https://kyivindependent.com/national-resistance-center-sabotage/ | title=National Resistance Center: Resistance disrupts 'voting' in occupied Skadovsk, injures 5 Russian troops | date=16 March 2024 }}

Tourism

Skadovsk is a tourist destination{{Cite news |date=2016-08-17 |title=Crimea crisis: Ukraine-Russia tensions spill on to the beach |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37093419 |access-date=2022-07-29}} for people in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Poland. It is located on the Dazharylhach Bay across from Dzharylhach Island.

In 2009, leading up to the Ukrainian presidential election, organizers of the Black Sea Games in Skadovsk presented Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with a Bengal albino tigress named Tiger-Yulia.{{cite news|title=Tymoshenko was presented with a tiger in Skadovsk (photo)|url=http://en.for-ua.com/news/2009/08/25/110056.html|access-date=25 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709150051/http://en.for-ua.com/news/2009/08/25/110056.html|archive-date=9 July 2012}} Tymoshenko eventually lost the elections.

Transport

The city has a small port with a few piers. Additionally there are more piers located in the village of Khorly in the eastern portion of the Dzharylhach Bay. However, the piers of Khorly are not in an operational condition. The port of Skadovsk also administers a smaller port in Henichesk, located by the Sea of Azov.

Demographics

Distribution of the population by ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}

{{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Skadovsk|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|77.99}}

{{bar percent|Bulgarians|turquoise|0.16}}}}