Huliaipole


Huliaipole is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Huliaipole Raion. It is known as the birthplace of Nestor Makhno.

History

Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire the area was mostly settled by Cossacks and the nomadic Lesser Nogai Horde. Afterwards it was part of the Alexandrovsky Uyezd in Yekaterinoslav Governorate. Between 1917 and 1921, reflective of the turbulence in the region brought about by the Russian Civil War, the city changed hands no fewer than sixteen times. During this period, Huliaipole was variously held by Austro-Hungarian occupation forces, the Red Army, Ukrainian nationalists, the Hetmanate, Anton Denikin's White Army and the Makhnovist Black Army, among others.
City since 1938.
During World War II in October 1941 the city was occupied by German troops. In September 1943 it was liberated by the troops of the Southern Front.
In 1970 the population was 16 thousand people.
In January 1989 the population was 19,198 people.
In January 2013 the population was 14,358 people.

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