Komysh-Zoria (Ukrainian: Комиш-Зоря; Russian: Камыш-Заря, romanizedKamysh-Zarya) is a rural settlement in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is located in the steppe between Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol. Komish-Zoria hosts the administration of Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 2,090 (2022 estimate).[2]

Komysh-Zoria
Комиш-Зоря
Komysh-Zoria is located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Komysh-Zoria
Komysh-Zoria
Komysh-Zoria is located in Ukraine
Komysh-Zoria
Komysh-Zoria
Location in Ukraine
Coordinates: 47°19′35″N 36°41′33″E / 47.32639°N 36.69250°E / 47.32639; 36.69250
Country Ukraine
OblastZaporizhzhia Oblast
RaionPolohy Raion
HromadaKomysh-Zoria settlement hromada
Population
 (2022)
 • Total2,090
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

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On 25 October 2015, Komysh-Zoria became the center of the newly formed Komysh-Zoria settlement hromada, originally an amalgamated hromada of Ukraine formed through the voluntary mergers of local rural and urban councils.[citation needed]

Until 18 July 2020, Komysh-Zoria belonged to Bilmak Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Bilmak Raion was merged into Polohy Raion.[3][4]

On 18 November 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was reported by Ukrainian news outlets that Russian forces had murdered a family in Komysh-Zoria, citing law enforcement officials and Ukrainian security services. One source blamed the murders on militants of the Donetsk People's Republic and soldiers from Ossetia.[5]

Economy

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Transportation

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Komysh-Zoria is a railway junction, with lines running north-west to Polohy and on to Zaporizhzhia city, west to Tokmak and then south to Melitopol, and north-east to Volnovakha and on to Donetsk and Mariupol. Komysh-Zoria railway station has some passenger traffic.

The settlement has access to Highway H08 connecting Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol.

References

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  1. ^ "Камыш-Зорянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  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. ^ "Russian War Report: Russian Telegram channel spreads digitally modified photo of Poland's prime minister". 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2023-10-24.