Henichesk

Henichesk
Генічеськ
	Henichesk
Basic data
Oblast :	Kherson Oblast
Rajon :	Henichesk Raion
Height :	18 m
Area :	60.383 km²
Residents :	21,633 (2004)
Population density :	358 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	75500-75509
Area code :	+380 5534
Geographic location :	46 ° 10 '  N , 34 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 10 '0 "  N , 34 ° 48' 40"  E
KOATUU :	6522110100
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Червоноармійська 8 75500 м.Генічеськ
Website :	www.genichesk.com.ua
Statistical information
Henichesk

Henichesk ( Ukrainian Генічеськ ; Russian Геническ Genitschesk ) is a city in the southern Ukrainian Oblast of Kherson on the Sea of ​​Azov with about 20,000 inhabitants.

It is located at the northern end of the Tauride Strait about 180 kilometers east-southeast of the oblast capital Kherson . In the south of the city, the Henichesk Strait separates the city ​​from the Arabat Spit .

Henitschesk was founded in 1784 and was called "Genitsch" (Russian Генич ) or Henitsch (Ukrainian Геніч ) until 1837, the year in which it was raised to town . The inhabitants were mainly concerned with extracting salt from the many lakes in the area, and the place also functioned as a port. With the construction of a branch line of the Sevastopol – Losowa railway , it got a connection to the rail network in 1876.

Beach at Henichesk

The city is the birthplace of the artist Jossyp Abromowytsch Dajz (1897-1954) and the astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnowa (1935-2001). The asteroid (2093) Genichesk was named after the city.

Web links

Commons : Henitschesk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Genichi . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 7, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 101.
2. ↑ kharkov.vbelous.net