Burhunka

Burhunka (Ukrainian and Russian: Бургунка) is a village in Beryslav Raion, within Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Tiahynka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

== History == thumb|A bridge associated with the Ekaterininsky Tract during the 18th century during Russian imperial expansion, which is a national heritage monument. The village was founded on 16 August 1779. Its name either comes from the village of Burgundy in modern France, which was formed by the Burgundians, who, it has been speculated, went so far as to the territory of Burhunka. It has also been speculated that the German word "burg", or a city/fortification. On the lands where the village was formed, in 1550, the village was a crossing and fortification of Vytautas the Great. During the second half of the XVII century, it is also mentioned in military drawings as a fortress of the Turks, and later, after the Chyhyryn campaign (1678), a new fortress is mentioned called Hon-Burhunka.