Kozachi Laheri, Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast

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Village in Kherson, Ukraine

Kozachi Laheri Коза́чі Лагері
Village

46°42′25″N 32°58′59″E / 46.707°N 32.983°E / 46.707; 32.983
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson
Raion	Kherson
Hromada	Oleshky
Founded	1758
Population (2001)
• Total	3,726
Time zone	UTC+2
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	75110
Area code	+380 5542

Kozachi Laheri (Ukrainian: Козачі Лагері, lit. 'Cossack Camps') is a village (selo) on the left bank of the Dnipro River^[1] in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.^[2]

Administratively, the village belongs to Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas (communities) of Ukraine, which is centered in the nearby town of Oleshky.^[2] Kozachi Laheri has been on the line of contact of the Dnipro campaign during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

History

During the Russian Empire, Kozachi Laheri was the administrative center of the Kozacho-Laherska Volost, a volost of the Dneprovsky Uyezd.^[4] Its name literally translates from Ukrainian to English as "Cossack Camps".^[5] In 1886, Kozachi Laheri had a population of 2,665. The village had an Orthodox church, two stores, a school and an annual fair.^[4]

As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kozachi Laheri was occupied by Russia in February 2022.^[6] Russian forces shelled a kindergarten in the village on the night of 4 May 2022.^[7]

The village was partially flooded when the Kakhovka Dam collapsed on 6 June 2023.^[8] Ukrainian special forces conducted raids in the village in August 2023 during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.^[5]^[9]

Demographics

According to the 1989 Soviet census, the population of Kozachi Laheri was 3,880, of which 1,742 were men and 2,138 were women.^[10]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 3,726. 94.17% of residents were native Ukrainian speakers, 5.43% were native Russian speakers, 0.05% were native Belarusian speakers, 0.05% were native Romanian speakers, 0.03% were native Hungarian speakers, and the remaining 0.27% spoke other languages.^[10]

References

^ Nicole Wolkov; Riley Bailey; Grace Mappes; Angelica Evans; Kateryna Stepanenko; Frederick W. Kagan. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 9, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Козачі Лагері - Херсонська область". decentralization.gov.ua. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ Boffey, Daniel (9 August 2023). "Ukrainian forces cross Dnipro River in bid to breach southern frontline". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b Волости и важнейшие селения Европейской России [The Most Important Towns and Villages in European Russia] (in Russian). Vol. VIII. St. Petersburg: Центр. статист. комитет. 1886.
^ ^a ^b "Dnipro Devils 'Raid Russian-Occupied River Town' of Kozachi Laheri". Kyiv Post. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine". ArcGIS StoryMaps. ISW. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "У Козачих Лагерях на Херсонщині військові РФ обстріляли дитячий садок" (in Ukrainian). 4 May 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ "Наслідки підриву Каховської ГЕС: які населені пункти затопило – карта" (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^ "Live: Russia says thwarted Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea warships". france24.com. France 24. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Ukrainian forces crossed into the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region and took positions there, the region's Russian-installed governor said Friday. // He said Ukrainian "sabotage groups" had managed to hide out on the outskirts of the Russian-controlled town of Kozachi Lageri, near the river, but that they were later "cleared out" by Moscow's forces./.../ Saldo's comments come after Ukraine's deputy defence minister Ganna Malyar this week confirmed that "certain (Ukrainian) units performed certain tasks", on the left bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson.
^ ^a ^b "Банк даних". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 8 June 2023.