Rykove

Rykove
Рикове
Urban-type settlement
Rykove
Coordinates: 46°19′51″N 34°45′9″E / 46.33083°N 34.75250°E / 46.33083; 34.75250Coordinates: 46°19′51″N 34°45′9″E / 46.33083°N 34.75250°E / 46.33083; 34.75250
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson Oblast
Raion Henichesk Raion
Population (2016)
 • Total 3,528[1]
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Rykove (Ukrainian: Рикове, Russian: Рыково), until May 2016 Partyzany (Ukrainian: Партизани), is an urban-type settlement in Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. Population: 3,528 (2016 est.)[1]

History

On 19 May 2016, Verkhovna Rada adopted decision to rename Partyzany to Rykove according to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.[2]

Economy

Transportation

Rykove is located on the railway line connecting Melitopol with Novooleksiivka and which continues further to Dzhankoy, however, after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation all traffic to Crimea has been suspended. It is also on the M18 highway, connecting Kharkiv via Dnipro, Zaporizhia, and Melitopol with Crimea.

References

  1. 1 2 "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Про перейменування деяких населених пунктів" (in Ukrainian). Holos Ukrainy. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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