Novopetrivka, Shyroke rural hromada, Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast

Novopetrivka (Ukrainian: Новопетрівка), formerly known as Dar-Oleksandrivka (Ukrainian: Дар-Олександрівка) is a village in Bashtanka Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast (region). It belongs to Shyroke rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1]

Novopetrivka Новопетрівка
Village
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Coordinates: 47°03′23″N 32°40′11″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Mykolaiv Oblast
Raion	Bashtanka Raion
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Population
• Total	1,722

Geography

On the southern outskirts of the village, the Krynychna Chebanka river flows into the Verevchyna river.

History

As of 1886, 280 people lived in the village. It was formerly part of the Kherson governorate and there were 51 yard farms, and there were 2 benches.^[2]

Until 18 July 2020, Novopetrivka belonged to 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.^[3][4]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

See also: Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast

Russian forces entered Mykolaiv Oblast during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. On 27 April 2022, Ukrainian government official Anton Gerashchenko announced that Ukrainian forces had taken control of Novopetrivka and the nearby villages of Shyroke and Liubyne [uk].^[5][6]

References

1. "Широковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
2. "Файл:Volosti novorossia 1886.pdf — Вікіпедія" (PDF). commons.wikimedia.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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. "Russia-Ukraine live news: Russian troops seize eastern towns – Russia seizes two towns in Donbas: Ukraine military". Aljazeera. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
6. Clark, Mason; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Barros, George (27 April 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 27". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 28 April 2022. Local fighting continued in the Mykolayiv direction, with Russian forces conducting failed attacks towards Tavriyske and Nova Zorya and Ukrainian forces reportedly recapturing Shyroke, Novopetrivka, and Lyubino, 50 km north of Kherson.