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Oleshky
Sign in to saveOleshky (, ), previously known as Tsiurupynsk from 1928 to 2016, is a city in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River with the town of Solontsi to the south. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in southern Ukraine. It is known for its proximity to the Oleshky Sands, a large desert region. Oleshky is the site of artist Polina Rayko's home, a national cultural monument of Ukraine. It also hosts the administration of Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of As of 2025, the city is occ
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Within Vinony's link graph, Oleshky is referenced by 145 other articles, and connects out to Dnieper, Ukrainska Pravda and Solontsi.
The entry is geolocated on the map in UA, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Cities in Kherson Oblast, Cities of district significance in Ukraine and Dneprovsky Uyezd.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Oleshky
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Центральна площа Цюрупинська.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Central square
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Oleshky, Kherson region.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ukraine Kherson Oblast#Ukraine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Oleshky
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Raion
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kherson Oblast
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kherson Raion
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1784
- Settlement.established_title1
- Town status since
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1802
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Алёшки
- Population
- 24124
- Area
- 60.50
- Elevation
- 9
- Official website
- oleshki-rada.gov.ua
- Image
- Центральна площа Олешків.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05542
- Licence plate code
- BT
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- postal code
- 75100
- Commons category
- Oleshky
- native label
- Алёшки
- time of earliest written record
- 1084-00-00
- P8168
- Kalmthout
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Ancient history
- Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union
- 21st century
- Economy
- Demographics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Oleshky (, ), previously known as Tsiurupynsk from 1928 to 2016, is a city in Kherson Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River with the town of Solontsi to the south. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in southern Ukraine. It is known for its proximity to the Oleshky Sands, a large desert region. Oleshky is the site of artist Polina Rayko's home, a national cultural monument of Ukraine. It also hosts the administration of Oleshky urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of As of 2025, the city is occupied by Russia.
==Geography== The city is located in the south of Ukraine, near Kherson. It is a port on the Konka River. The Oleshky Sands are located in close proximity to the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oleshky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations