Bereznehuvate

Bereznehuvate Березнегувате
Urban-type settlement
Bereznehuvate is located in Mykolaiv Oblast Bereznehuvate
Bereznehuvate
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Mykolaiv Oblast
Raion	Bereznehuvate Raion
Population (2015)
• Total	7,788
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Bereznehuvate (Ukrainian: Березнегувате, Russian: Березнеговатое) is an urban-type settlement in the east of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Bereznehuvate Raion. Population: 7,788 (2015 est.)

The settlement is located on the right bank of the Vysun River, a right tributary of the Inhulets River, in the basin of the Dnieper.

History

Bereznehuvate was founded in the 1780s by Zaporozhian Cossacks. It is first mentioned in 1787 and was used as a place to banish and resettle people from central Ukrainian lands. In 1820, Bereznehuvate became a military settlement subordinate to the Black Sea Navy. Administratively, it belonged to Khersonsky Uyezd, which was shuffled between different governorates of the Russian Empire: Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty until 1795, Voznesensk Viceroyalty until 1796, Novorossiya Governorate until 1803, Kherson Governorate until 1920, Nikolayev Governorate until 1921, and Odessa Governorate until 1923, when uyezds were abolished in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and governorates were divided into okruhas. In 1923, Bereznehuvate Raion of Kherson Okruha, with the administrative center in Bereznehuvate, was estabished. In 1925, the governorates were abolished, and okruhas were directly subordinated to Ukrainian SSR. In 1930, okruhas were abolished. In 1935, Bereznehuvate Raion was transferred into Odessa Oblast. On 22 September 1937, Mykolaiv Oblast was established on lands which previously belonged to Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa Oblasts, and Bereznehuvate Raion became part of newly created Mykolaiv Oblast.

In March and April 1944, Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive, a part of major Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive of the Soviet army during the last phase of World War II, took place around Bereznehuvate. In 1956, Bereznehuvate was granted urban-type settlement status.

Economy

Transportation

Bereznehuvata railway station, on the railway connecting Snihurivka and Apostolove, is approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Bereznehuvate.