Novooleksiyivka


Novooleksiyivka is an urban-type settlement in the Henichesk raion of the Kherson oblast, Ukraine.

History

In 1874, near the village Novooleksiyivka, a small railway station, also called Novooleksiyivka, was founded. At the same time, a station settlement of the same name arose around the station, which then became a major settlement. As the cargo turnover of the station was small, the population of Novooleksiyivka was mainly engaged in agriculture. It was a part of the Dniprovsky district of the Tavriya Governorate at that time.
In 1908 the first school was built at Novooleksiyivka at the expense of local peasants, where 2 teachers were employed and 64 pupils were engaged.
In 1930 a sovkhoz fruit-producing farm was built, whose main activity was the production, harvesting, storage, processing and sale of seeds.
Nowadays the population of Novooleksiyivka is about 10 000 inhabitants. There is an orthodox church of Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Adzhy Belial Dzhami mosque.