Sukhyi Stavok


Sukhyi Stavok is a village in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It is located about north-northeast from the centre of Kherson city, and about south-east from Andriivka.

History

The village was founded in 1898. During the Great Patriotic War, the village was occupied by German troops from 27 August 1941 to 12 March 1944. In 1967, the village belonged to the Novohrednivka village council. It was also the location of brigade no. 4 of the Shevchenko collective farm during the Soviet times.
The village came under attack by Russian forces in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 29 August 2022 the village was claimed to be liberated by Ukrainian forces during the opening phase of the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive. However, the village was completely destroyed in the midst of the war, with nobody living in the village anymore.

Administrative status

On 12 June 2020 in accordance with the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, it became part of the Kalynivka hromada. On 19 July 2020 as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, the village became part of the Beryslav Raion.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the only official census taken in post-independence Ukraine, the population of the village was 117 people. Of the people residing in the village, their mother tongue is as follows:
LanguagePercentage of
Population
Ukrainian94.02%
Russian2.56%
Moldovan Romanian language2.56%
Other0.86