Kostromka

Kostromka (; ) is a village in Beryslav Raion (district) in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about northeast by north from the centre of Kherson city.

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Settlement.name: Kostromka
Settlement.native_name: Костромка
Settlement.native_name_lang: uk
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.established_date: 1903
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.278
Settlement.population_total: 181
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001 census
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3
Settlement.pushpin_map: Ukraine Kherson Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Kostromka within Ukraine
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code
Settlement.postal_code: 74121

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Area: 1.278
Elevation: 66

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postal code: 74121
inception: 1903-00-00
P8168: Bourg

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Kostromka (; ) is a village in Beryslav Raion (district) in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, at about northeast by north from the centre of Kherson city.

== History == The village was founded by Russian Old Believers who were Nekrasov Cossacks, who had fled from persecution in their homeland. The name of the village comes from the Kostroma River, which is named after the river with the same name in Russia.