Huliaipole

Huliaipole Гуляйполе
Huliaipole district council Huliaipole district council
Coat of arms
Huliaipole
Coordinates:
Country Oblast Raion	Ukraine Zaporizhia Oblast Huliaipole Raion
Founded	1938
Population (2013)
• Total	14,358
Postal code	70200
Area code(s)	+380 6145
Website	http://guliaipole.info/

Huliaipole (Ukrainian: Гуляйполе, pronounced [ɦulʲajˈpole]) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Huliaipole Raion. The name of the city translates as walk-about field. Population: 14,358 (2013 est.).

It is known as the birthplace of Nestor Makhno. Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire the area was mostly settled by Cossacks and the nomadic Lesser Nogai Horde. 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 city changed hands no fewer than sixteen times. During this period, Huliaipole was variously held by Austro-Hungarian occupation forces, the Red Army, Ukrainian nationalists, the Hetmanate, Anton Denikin's White Army and the Makhnovist Black Army, among others.

Famous people

• Vilen Kalyuta
• Nestor Makhno
• Simon Karetnik

Gallery

• Гуляйпільська чоловіча гімназія.JPG

  Former gymnasium for men

• Гуляйпільський млин 02.JPG

  Old mill

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  City museum

External links

• The murder of the Jews of Huliaipole during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.