Kakhovka Каховка | |
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| Coordinates:46°48′N33°28′E / 46.800°N 33.467°E /46.800; 33.467Coordinates:46°48′N33°28′E / 46.800°N 33.467°E /46.800; 33.467 | |
| Kintra Oblast Raion |  UkraineKherson Oblast Kakhovka Raion |
| Foondit | 1791 |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 38,000 |
| Postal code | 74800 |
| Area code(s) | +380 5536 |
| Website | http://www.kakhovka.ks.ua |
Kakhovka (Ukrainian:Каховка,Roushie:Кахо́вка) is aportceety on theDnieper River in theKherson Oblast (province) o soothrenUkraine. Servin as theadmeenistrative centre o theKakhovka Raion (destrict), the ceety itsel is designatit as a separate raion athin the oblast an aw, an is locatit at aroond46°48′37″N33°28′36″E / 46.81028°N 33.47667°E /46.81028; 33.47667.
It is hame tae theKZEZO (Electro-Welding Equipment Plant) as well as theTavria Gemmes festival.
Thare is a Swadish consulate in Kakhovka.
In 1492Meñli I Giray established a fortress near the steid o the day's Kakhovka criedİslâm Kermen (later criedShagin-Girei an aw, presumably efterŞahin Giray). It wis frequently attackit bi Cossacks an wis feenally destroyed bi thaim unner the leadership oIvan Mazepa in 1695. In 1791 the Roushie Colonel D.M. Kulikovsky foondit the trade toun o Kakhovka. In 1848 the toun obtained ceety richts. In the 1870s–90s the toun wis renouned for haein a huge population o law-income contractors (batraki).
In Dizember 1918, bi the decision o the admeenistration o the Dnipropovit (uyezd), Kakhovka wis declared a ceety. In August 1920, durin the feenal push in theRoushie Ceevil War tae drive the Whites unnerWrangel oot o the Crimea,Ieronim Uborevich established a brigheid at Kakhovka, which became the steid o fierce battles, "probably the closest the Ceevil War came tae warld war trench fechtin."[1]
In 1972 theVerkhovna Rada o theUkrainian SSR gave the ceety the rank o "ceety o oblast subordinance" athinKherson Oblast.
The 1935 filmThree Friends (Три товарища) includit the sang "Kakhovka" (wirds biMikhail Svetlov an muisic biIsaak Dunayevsky), which became vera weel kent, especially the refrain "Мы мирные люди, но наш бронепоезд/ Стоит на запасном пути" ("We are peaceful fowk, but oor airmored train/ Staunds [ready] on the sidin"). Svetlov chose the steid o the little-kent Ceevil War battle for his sang acause he haed grown up nearbi an haed kent the toun durin the war.[2]
