Kherson Oblast

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administrative division oblast region of Ukraine

Kherson Oblast is a strategically important region in southern Ukraine, known for its Black Sea and Dnipro River access and as a major battleground during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kherson Oblast canonical 24
Kherson region 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
oblast ⓘ
region of Ukraine ⓘ
administrativeCenter Kherson ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ⓘ
Kakhovka Reservoir ⓘ
Mykolaiv Oblast ⓘ
Zaporizhzhia Oblast ⓘ
capital Kherson ⓘ
cityOfKhersonLiberatedBy Ukrainian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of Ukraine
cityOfKhersonLiberatedIn November 2022 ⓘ
claimedAnnexationDate September 2022 ⓘ
claimedAnnexedBy Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
conflict Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
contains Arabatska Strilka ⓘ
Kakhovka Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant

Nova Kakhovka ⓘ
Oleshky Sands ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
crossedBy North Crimean Canal ⓘ
establishedIn 1944 ⓘ
hasAccessTo Black Sea ⓘ
Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnipro River
hasBorder Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Peninsula
hasEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasFeature irrigated agriculture ⓘ
steppe climate ⓘ
hasPort Port of Kherson ⓘ
surface form: Kherson Sea Port

Skadovsk Port ⓘ
internationalStatus recognized as part of Ukraine ⓘ
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
watermelon cultivation ⓘ
languageCommon Russian ⓘ
languageOfficial Ukrainian ⓘ
locatedIn southern Ukraine ⓘ
locatedOn Black Sea Lowland ⓘ
occupationBegan 2022 ⓘ
partOf Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: independent Ukraine
strategicImportance Black Sea access ⓘ
control of Dnipro River crossings ⓘ
land access to Crimea ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
traversedBy Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnipro River
wasPartiallyOccupiedBy Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russo-Ukrainian War → location → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Southern Ukraine → hasPart → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Black Sea Germans → notableRegionOfSettlement → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kherson region
Syvash → region → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav Governorate → successor → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast → bordersWith → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
destruction of Kakhovka Dam → hasLocation → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Kherson counteroffensive (2022) → location → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Inhulets River → flowsThrough → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Zaporizhzhia Oblast → borderWith → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Battle of Kherson → location → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Novorossiya (historical) → includesTerritoryOf → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kherson region
Dnieper–Bug estuary → locatedNear → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Kinburn Peninsula → partlyIn → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Kakhovka Reservoir → locatedInOblast → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Port of Kherson → serves → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Kherson → locatedIn → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Kherson → isAdministrativeCenterOf → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Mykolaiv Oblast → borders → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Mykolaiv Oblast → hasRailConnectionsTo → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Chonhar Peninsula causeways → locatedIn → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Arabat Spit road → partOf → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Arabat Spit → locatedIn → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Or Qapı (Crimean Tatar) → locatedIn → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
subject surface form: Or Qapı
Chongar Peninsula → partOf → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Novorossiya Governorate → territoryIncludes → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kherson region
Republic of Crimea → borderedBy → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
Dzhankoy → hasRoadConnectionTo → Kherson Oblast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kherson region