Huliaipole

Huliaipole

Huliapole
Гуляйполе

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Huliapole is located in Ukraine
Huliapole
Coordinates: 47°39′N 36°16′E / 47.65°N 36.267°E / 47.65; 36.267
Country
Oblast
Raion
 Ukraine
Flag of Zaporizhzhya Oblast.png Zaporizhia Oblast
Huliapole Raion
Founded 1938
Government
 - Mayor
Population (2009)
 - Total 17 000
Postal code 70200
Area code(s) +380 6145
Website http://guliaipole.info/

Huliaipole (Ukrainian: Гуляйполе, pronounced [ɦulʲajˈpole]) is a city in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Population is 17 000 (as of 2009).

It is known as a birthplace of Nestor Makhno. The name of the city means a walk-about field. Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire the area was mostly settled by Cossacks and the nomad people of the Nogai Horde Minor. Later in the history as an illustration of the amount of political and military chaos in the region, Huliaipole changed hands no less than 16 times from 1917–1921, including being held by Austrian troops, the Red Army, Ukrainian nationalists, the Hetmanate, the White Army, and anarchist Makhnovist forces.

Coordinates: 47°39′N 36°16′E / 47.65°N 36.267°E / 47.65; 36.267


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