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The Chonhar Peninsula (Russian and Ukrainian: Чонгар; Crimean Tatar: Çonğar) is on the northern coast of the Syvash, and in the Kherson province of Ukraine. Administratively, the whole peninsula houses the Chonhar rural community of Henichesk Raion.
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The village is on the Chonhar Peninsula in Kherson Oblast. It is just north of Chonhar Strait, a shallow waterway that separates the peninsula and mainland Ukraine from the isthmus of Crimea. Highway M18/E105 runs through the eastern end of the village and crosses a bridge over Chonhar Strait, parallel to an older, unused road bridge. The Chonhar b...
On 27 February 2014, during the 2014 Crimean crisis, Berkut (special police) of Crimea occupied the checkpoint near Chonhar and neighbouring territory. After Russia annexed Crimea, the area became a de facto border patrolled by Berkut and Russian troops.By 27 December 2014 Russian forces had fully withdrawn from the Chonhar peninsula. The Highway M...
Russians enter town north of Crimea, say Ukrainians. Fox NewsThe murder of the Jews of Chonhar during World War II, at Yad Vashemwebsite.People also ask
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The Chonhar Strait or Chongar Strait is a short, shallow, narrow strait in Ukraine, separating the eastern and western portions of the Syvash, the shallow lagoon system separating Crimea from the mainland east of the Isthmus of Perekop.
Jan 22, 2022 · Ukraine. This article is more than 2 years old. ‘We are ready for whatever comes’: on the Ukraine frontline. In Chonhar a blue and yellow flag marks the de facto border as Russian forces amass...
Jun 22, 2023 · By Paul Kirby. BBC News. Ukraine has attacked a bridge linking southern Ukraine to the Crimean peninsula with long-range British missiles, Russian officials say. The two parallel Chonhar bridges...
Chonhar, transliterated sometimes as Chongar, is a village on the Chonhar Peninsula, within the swampy region of Syvash, in Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Wikipedia. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ukraine is facing shortages in its brave fight to survive.
