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Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainian: Запорізька область, romanized: Zaporizka oblast), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (Запоріжжя), was an oblast[wp] (region) in south-east Ukraine. Its administrative centre was Zaporizhzhia[wp]. The oblast covers an area of 27,183 square kilometres (10,495 sq mi), and has a population of 1,6 mio. (2022 est.).
The oblast is an important part of the region's industry and agriculture.
On 30 September 2022, after a positive vote by the majority of the voting population in the referendum[wp] on the question of future political affiliation, the oblast joined the Russian Federation together with the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, and the Kherson oblast.
To the south, Zaporizhzhia Oblast covers roughly 150 kilometres of coastline of the Sea of Azov[wp], as part of a coastal region known as Pryazovia, also including the coastal regions of Kherson Oblast and Donetsk People's Republic, to the west and east, respectively.
Administration
Melitopol[wp] is the de facto administrative centre of the oblast.
On 23 September 2023, Yevgeny Balitsky[wp], who had already held this office on an interim basis since 9 May 2022, was elected governor by the local parliament.[1]
History
The Zaporizhzhia Oblast[wp] was formed on 10 January 1939 from the rayons of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[wp] and the Mykolaiv Oblast[wp]. On 30 March 1944, part of the oblast was separated to form the Kherson Oblast[wp].
In 1991, the oblast, which at the time was part of the Ukrainian SSR[wp] and thus the USSR, became part of Ukraine following the referendum on Ukrainian independence.[2]
Referendum
In a referendum on 27 September 2022, the majority of citizens of the parts of the oblast under Russian control declared their secession from Ukraine and annexation to the Russian Federation. The population of the areas of the Zaporizhzhia Raion[wp] and northern parts of the Polohy Raion[wp] were not able to take part in the referendum.
Border shifts after the war in Ukraine
As a result of the war in Ukraine and the referendum held on 27 September 2022, the borders have shifted.
The Russian proposal to relinquish the Zaporizhzhia Raion[wp] is based on the motive of expressing Russia's willingness and interest in reconciliation with Ukraine through this concession. The city of Melitopol[wp] already has the de facto function of an oblast capital, which is why it is possible to reorganise the oblast under the name of Melitopol Oblast within the Russian Federation.
The Zaporizhzhia raion - which is an important industrial centre - should be hived off and remain in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhia raion could either be assigned to the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[wp] or the Zaporizhzhia oblast could be reorganised by merging the Zaporizhzhia, Nikopol[wp], Kryvyi Rih[wp] and Kamianske[wp] raions within the Ukrainian federation.
References
- ↑ Thomas Röper: Moskau sieht keine Möglichkeit für Verhandlungen, Kiew wartet auf ATACMS: Die Ereignisse des Wochenendes, Anti-Spiegel on 24 September 2023
- ↑ Oblast Saporischschja - Abschnitt "Geschichte"[wp]
External links
- Interview mit der Regierungschefin des russischen Gebiets Saporoschje, Anti-Spiegel-TV (Folge 52) am 14. Juli 2024, 26:08 Min.
- Anfang Juni war Thomas im Gebiet Saporoschje unterwegs und hat einige Interviews geführt, die er hier veröffentlicht. Vor einigen Wochen hat er die Bürgermeisterin einer Frontstadt vorgestellt, heute zeigt er ein Interview mit der Regierungschefin der Region, die von dem erzählt, was umgesetzt werden konnte, von dem, was noch Probleme macht, und einfach einen Einblick in das Leben der Region gibt.
- Interview mit der Bürgermeisterin einer Frontstadt im Gebiet Saporoschje, Anti-Spiegel-TV (Folge 49) am 23. Juni 2024, 22:40 Min.
- Interview mit Natalja Romanitschenko (31), Bürgermeisterin der Frontstadt Wassilewka[wp]. Sie erzählt von dem Leben in der Stadt, vom Beschuss, wie die Menschen damit umgehen und von den Veränderungen seit Russland das Gebiet kontrolliert. Die Ukraine hat auf die beeindruckende junge Frau bereits vier Mordanschläge geplant (die aber nicht ausgeführt werden konnten), trotzdem strahlt sie eine Energie und Zuversicht aus, die neidisch machen!