Hvardiiske
Гвардійське
Urban-type settlement
Hvardiiske is located in Crimea
Hvardiiske
Hvardiiske
Location in Crimea
Coordinates: 45°06′N 34°00′E / 45.100°N 34.000°E / 45.100; 34.000
CountryTerritory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia[1]
RaionSimferopol Raion
Town founded1945 (Hvardiyske)
1873 (Spat)
Elevation
146 m (479 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total12,589
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK)
Postal code
97513
Area code+380 652
Railway station Sarabuz, end of 19th century

Hvardiiske (Crimean Tatar: Sarabuz, Russian: Гвардейское, Ukrainian: Гвардійське) is an urban-type settlement in Simferopol Raion of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as part of the Republic of Crimea since the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Population: 12,589 (2014 Census).[2]

Hvardiiske airbase

Next to the town is an airbase formerly under the jurisdiction of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, now controlled by the Russian Air Force, Gvardeyskoye (air base).

In June 1990, the 43rd independent Naval Assault Aviation Regiment arrived at the airbase from Choibalsan in Mongolia.[3] In February and March 2014, Russia annexed Crimea. On 1 July 2014, the regiment moved to Saky (air base) also in the Crimea.

On August 16, 2022, the airbase was hit by an explosion, and Russian occupation authorities said they were investigating a drone attack on an ammunition depot.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).
  2. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2014). "Таблица 1.3. Численность населения Крымского федерального округа, городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений" [Table 1.3. Population of Crimean Federal District, Its Urban Okrugs, Municipal Districts, Urban and Rural Settlements]. Федеральное статистическое наблюдение «Перепись населения в Крымском федеральном округе». ("Population Census in Crimean Federal District" Federal Statistical Examination) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Michael Holm. "43rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. ^ "Explosions rock Russian military air base outside Simferopol in occupied Crimea". The New Voice of Ukraine. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-16.

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45°06′N 34°00′E / 45.100°N 34.000°E / 45.100; 34.000

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