{{Short description|City in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Snihurivka | native_name = {{lang|uk|Снігурівка}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Паровий млин у Снігурівці (у березні 2013).jpg | imagesize = 250 px | image_caption = Old mill in Snihurivka | image_flag = Flag of Snihurivka.gif | image_shield = Coat of arms of Snihurivka.png | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Ukraine}} | subdivision_type1 = Oblast | subdivision_name1 = Mykolaiv Oblast | subdivision_type2 = Raion | subdivision_name2 = Bashtanka Raion | subdivision_type3 = Hromada | subdivision_name3 = Snihurivka urban hromada | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1812 | established_title1 = City rights | established_date1 = 1961 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Oleksandr Larchenko | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 7.58 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_note = | population_total = 12045 | population_footnotes = | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = 5865 | pop_est_as_of = 2023 | pop_est_footnotes = <ref>[https://snigurivska-gromada.gov.ua/investicijnij-pasport-gromadi-20-42-51-19-02-2023/ Інвестиційний паспорт громади]</ref> | pushpin_map = Ukraine Mykolaiv Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = Snihurivka | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Snihurivka | coordinates = {{coord|47|4|25|N|32|48|00|E|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = | | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 57309 | area_code = +380-5162 | blank_info = | blank1_info = | website = http://snigiryevka-rada.gov.ua/ | pushpin_relief = y | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes }}
'''Snihurivka''' ({{langx|uk|Снігурівка}} {{IPA|uk|s⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iɦʊˈr⁽ʲ⁾iu̯kɐ||audio=LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Gzhegozh-Снігурівка.wav}}) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, in southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of {{Ill|Snihurivka urban hromada|uk|Снігурівська міська громада}}.<ref name="admreform_2020_snihurivka">{{cite web |title=Снигиревская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/snigurivska/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref> Population: {{Ua-pop-est2022|12,045|.}}
It was occupied by Russia from 19 March 2022 until 10 November 2022.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv sceptical of Moscow's retreat from Kherson; US general estimates 100,000 Russian military casualties |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/nov/10/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-kyiv-wary-of-moscows-retreat-from-kherson-us-general-estimates-100000-russian-military-casualties |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
== History == Snihurivka was founded in 1812 by peasant settlers from the Mogilev Province (modern-day Belarus). Located in the Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine, the settlement grew into a major transportation and agricultural center following the arrival of the railway in 1916, and officially received city status in 1956.<ref>https://cities4cities.eu/community/snihurivka-territorial-community/</ref>
Snihurivka was a settlement in Kherson uyezd in Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. During the Ukrainian War of Independence, from 1917 to 1920, it passed between various factions. Afterwards it was administratively part of the Mykolaiv Governorate of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite map|author=С. Хургін|title=Адміністраційна Мапа Української Соц. Рад. Республіки|year=1922|scale=1:1,680,000|publisher=Народний комісаріат внутрішніх справ|location=Kharkiv|language=uk}}</ref>
During World War II the settlement was captured by German troops in 1941 and liberated by Soviet forces in the Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive of March 1944.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ogarkov|first=Nikolai|year=1976|title=Советская военная энциклопедия|trans-title=Soviet Military Encyclopedia|language=ru|volume=11|location=Moscow|publisher=Voenizdat|pages=450–451}}</ref> The Germans operated a Nazi prison in the settlement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=795|title=Gefängnis Snigurivka|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=2 October 2022|language=de}}</ref> Between 30 and 100 Jews from Snihurivka and nearby localities were murdered by Germans in the vicinity of the town in late September 1941.<ref>[https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/untold-stories/community/14621834-Snigirevka Snigirevka — Yad Vashem]</ref>
It gained city status in 1961.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
Until 18 July 2020, Snihurivka was the administrative center of Snihurivka Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Mykolaiv Oblast to four. The area of Snihurivka Raion was merged into Bashtanka Raion.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}}</ref>
=== 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine === {{See also|Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast}} During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Snihurivka was shelled and was reportedly occupied by Russian forces starting 19 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 March 2022 |title=Внаслідок авіаційного обстрілу на Миколаївщині загинула одна людина |url=https://suspilne.media/217245-vnaslidok-aviacijnogo-obstrilu-na-mikolaivsini-zaginula-odna-ludina/ |author=Olga Voroshilova |publisher=Suspilne |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=uk |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314093719/https://suspilne.media/217245-vnaslidok-aviacijnogo-obstrilu-na-mikolaivsini-zaginula-odna-ludina/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=Маленьке селище з гарною назвою: історія і сучасність миколаївської Снігурівки - mykolaiv-future.com.ua |url=https://mykolaiv-future.com.ua/uk/articles-malenke-selyshhe-z-garnoyu-nazvoyu-istoriya-i-suchasnist-mykolayivskoyi-snigurivky |access-date=2022-05-12 |language=uk}}</ref> Snihurivka is a critical transportation hub with highways and railroad lines, connecting Snihurivka with the neighboring oblast capital Kherson.
In September 2022, following a referendum widely considered to have been staged, there were conflicting reports and rumors about the status of Snihurivka due to its vicinity near the front line, framing the attrition warfare as a retreat. On 5 October 2022, Mykolaiv Military Civilian Administration Head Yuriy Barbashov stated on Telegram that "Snihurivka remains under the control of Russian troops", while Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitalii Kim noted that officials were "seeking to confirm that Russian officers have left but there are troops still remaining there".<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Associated Press |title=Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-donetsk-806920315356c66546ffd1cc6c53b3d1 |website=apnews.com |date=5 October 2022 |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> On 9 November, the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the withdrawal of Russian forces from the right bank of the Dnieper River. The next day, Ukrainian forces re-entered the town and raised the Ukrainian flag.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=Reuters_2022-11-10 />
After liberation, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported that the bodies of 27 dead civilians had been found in individual graves in Snihurivka, all with signs of violent death such as bullet wounds or explosive injuries. Criminal investigations were initiated.<ref>[https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3670481-almost-30-dead-civilians-found-in-deoccupied-snihurivka.html Dead Civilians found in Snihurivka]</ref>
== Transportation == The Snihurivka railway station was built in 1911 as part of the Odesa Railway. The railway station was allegedly burned down by Russian troops in 2022 during the occupation.
== Demographics == Recent population estimates or census results:
{{Historical populations |align = center |1975|17000 |1989|17506 |2013|13131 |2021|12307 |footnote = |source = <ref name="Census 1975">Снигирёвка // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 23. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1976.</ref><ref name="Census 1989">[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу]</ref><ref name="Census 2013">[http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2013/sb_nnas_2012.pdf Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.83] - ukrcensus.gov.ua</ref> }}
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the town had a population of 15,396. The ethnic and linguistic composition was as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities | title=Національний склад міст }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ | title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України }}</ref> {{bar box|title=Ethnic groups in Snihurivka|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainians|dodgerblue|87.85}} {{bar percent|Russians|purple|8.87}} {{bar percent|Belarusians|red|1.51}} {{bar percent|Moldovans|pink|0.55}} {{bar percent|Armenians|brown|0.16}} {{bar percent|Bulgarians|turquoise|0.10}} {{bar percent|Poles|yellow|0.10}}}}
{{bar box|title=Native languages in Snihurivka|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Languages|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Ukrainian|dodgerblue|86.6}} {{bar percent|Russian|purple|14.4}} {{bar percent|Moldovan|pink|0.3}} {{bar percent|Belarusian|red|0.3}} {{bar percent|Armenian|brown|0.1}} {{bar percent|Romani|black|0.1}} {{bar percent|others|gray|0.2}}}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Reuters_2022-11-10>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-urges-ukraine-be-open-talks-with-russia-washington-post-2022-11-06/ |title=Russian-installed official in Ukraine's Kherson region dies in car crash|publisher=Reuters |date=2022-11-10 |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=reuters.com |quote=A small group of Ukrainian soldiers was shown on Ukraine's state TV in the centre of the village of Snihurivka around 55 km (35 miles) north of Kherson city. }}</ref> }}
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