Hola Prystan

Hola Prystan (Ukrainian: Го́ла При́стань, pronounced [ˈɦɔɫɐ ˈprɪstɐnʲ]) is a city in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine occupied by Russia. It hosts the administration of the Hola Prystan urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] It has a population of 13,544 (2022 estimate).[2]

Hola Prystan
Гола Пристань
City
Flag of Hola Prystan
Flag
Coat of arms of Hola Prystan
Coat of arms
Hola Prystan is located in Kherson Oblast
Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan
Location of Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan is located in Ukraine
Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan
Hola Prystan (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 46°31′N 32°31′E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson Oblast
Raion Skadovsk Raion
Area
 • Total9 km2 (3 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • TotalDecrease 13,544
Postal code
75600
Area code+380-5539
ClimateCfa
Websitewww.golapristan-mrada.gov.ua

The Konka, a tributary of the Dnieper, flows through the city.

Administrative status

Until 18 July, 2020, Hola Prystan was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of Hola Prystan Municipality. It also served as the administrative center of Hola Prystan Raion, though it did not belong to the raion. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Hola Prystan Municipality was merged into Skadovsk Raion.[3][4]

History

Hola Prystan – literally meaning barren pier – was founded in 1709 by Zaporizhian Cossacks of Oleshky Sich as Holyi Pereviz (barren ford), but has been known by its current name since 1785.

Jews apparently began to settle in the town at the beginning of the 19th century and by 1897 they numbered 667, or 11 percent of the total population.

At the turn of the century many of the businesses in the town were owned by Jews. In 1905 there was a pogrom in which 2 Jewish shops were destroyed. The pogrom was stopped not by the authorities but by peasants who did not take part in the attack on the Jews.

Under the Soviets the Jewish population of Hola Prystan fell, mainly due to migration to larger cities in search of jobs and education opportunities. In 1939 the town's 276 Jews comprised 3.6 percent of the total population.

Hola Prystan was occupied by German troops on September 13, 1941, and on October 12 the same year the resident Jews were shot outside the town. It was liberated by the Red Army on November 4, 1943.[5]

On 1 August 1997 a Project R1415 (NATO code: Flamingo class) Ukrainian patrol boat was named after the town.[6]

Hola Prystan was granted the status of regional town on May 17, 2013. It has been occupied by Russian forces since 2022, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7] On March 8, 2022, a few thousand people protested the occupation.[8]

Due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, Hola Prystan was flooded.[9] According to Svitlana Linnyk, the head of Hola Prystan city military administration, around 80-85% of the city was submerged.[10]

  • Temporary Saint Volodymyr's Church
    Temporary Saint Volodymyr's Church
  • New Saint Volodymyr's Church (2013)
    New Saint Volodymyr's Church (2013)
  • Church of the Holy Spirit in Hola Prystan
    Church of the Holy Spirit in Hola Prystan

References
  1. "Голопристанская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  3. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  5. Yad Vashem — Golaya Prystan
  6. "Противодиверсионный катер "Голая пристань" (U241) ВМС ВС Украины" [Anti-sabotage boat "Hola Prystan" (U241) of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine] (in Russian). 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  7. "Car belonging to people's deputy Kovalov is blown up - intelligence chief". Ukrainska Pravda. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  8. "На Херсонщині люди вийшли на вулиці з українською символікою та патріотичними плакатами (відео)". LB.ua. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  9. Sokolova, Yulia (2023-06-12). "Наслідки підриву Каховської ГЕС: які населені пункти затопило – карта". Факти ICTV (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  10. "Голопристанська і Олешківська громади та Корсунка опинилися в епіцентрі затоплення. У пониззя Дніпра вода продовжує прибувати". Центр журналістських розслідувань (in Ukrainian). 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
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