Olzhyne, Beryslav Raion

Olzhyne (Ukrainian: Ольжине; Russian: Ольгино; German: Schöntal, Eigental), formerly known as Olhyne (Ukrainian: Ольгине), is a village in Beryslav Raion (district) in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about 120.8 kilometres (75.1 mi) northeast by north from the centre of Kherson city. It belongs to Vysokopillia settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

Olzhyne Ольжине
Village
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Coordinates: 47.475278°N 33.487778°E / 47.475278; 33.487778
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
Raion	Beryslav Raion
Hromada	Vysokopillia settlement hromada
Founded	1869
Area
• Total	15.09 km2 (5.83 sq mi)
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2001 census)[1]
• Total	419
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	74041
Area code	+380 553

The settlement came under attack by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.^[2][3][4]

In September 2024, Olhyne was renamed to Olzhyne to conform with the norms of the Ukrainian language.^[5]

Demographics

The settlement had 419 inhabitants in 2001; native language distribution as of the Ukrainian Census of the same year:^[1]

• Ukrainian: 75.45%
• Russian: 22.51%

References

1. "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення | Банк даних" [All-Ukrainian population census | Database]. ukrcensus.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
2. Layne Philipson; Katherine Lawlor; Karolina Hird; George Barros; Angela Howard; Frederick W. Kagan (8 August 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 20". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 5 October 2022. Russian forces also conducted airstrikes on Lozove and Andriivka, both on the eastern bank of the Inhulets River, and Olhyne, located along the northern part of the T2207 highway.
3. Katherine Lawlor; Karolina Hird; George Barros; Frederick W. Kagan (22 September 2022). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 20". understandingwar.org. ISW. Retrieved 30 September 2022. Russian sources also claimed that Ukrainian forces prepared to conduct offensive operations in the Olhyne-Myrolyubivka area (just south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border) around Arkhanhelske and Lyubymivka, but ISW has no independent confirmation of any of these reports.
4. "Ukrainian Military Liberate Olhyne On Their Way To Kherson". charter97.org. Charter 97. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022. During the counter-offensive in the southern frontline, the Ukrainian military drove the Russian invaders out of the village of Olhyne, Beryslav district, Kherson region.
5. Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [On renaming individual populated places and raions]. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 September 2024.