Hroza, Kharkiv Oblast Explained

Hroza
Native Name:Гроза
Native Name Lang:uk
Settlement Type:Village
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1922
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1.81
Population Total:497
Population As Of:2001 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Kharkiv Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hroza within Ukraine
Coordinates:49.6731°N 37.2083°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:63609
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+380 5751
Elevation M:167
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Name1:Kharkiv Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Kupiansk Raion
Subdivision Type3:Hromada
Pushpin Relief:y

Hroza (Ukrainian: Гроза, pronounced as /uk/) is a village in the Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine. It belongs to, one of the hromadas of Ukraine, and is just outside the town of Shevchenkove. It is 34km (21miles) west of Kupiansk and 79km (49miles) southeast by east (SEbE) of the centre of Kharkiv city.

In October 2023, the village became known for being the site of a missile attack by the Russian Armed Forces against civilians, which killed a large amount of its population.

History

Hroza was founded in 1922. Its name means "thunderstorm" in the Ukrainian language.[1]

In the 2020 Ukrainian administrative reforms, Hroza was included in Shevchenkove settlement hromada on 12 June 2020.[2] On 17 July 2020, Hroza, along with the surrounding hromada, was transferred from Shevchenkove Raion to Kupiansk Raion.[3]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, from February to September 2022 the village was under Russian occupation. On 9 September 2022, during the Kharkiv counteroffensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village.[4] [5] However, the village continued to be shelled "relentlessly" by Russia, displacing many people from the village.[6]

On 5 October 2023, the Russian army shelled a shop and a cafe, killing 59 people, including a six-year-old child.[7] The attack killed almost a fifth of Hroza's population, and was called the deadliest civilian attack yet of the year by a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees source.[6]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 497 inhabitants, native language as of the 2001 Ukrainian census:

Notes and References

  1. News: 2023-10-06 . ‘You can still smell the blood’: Inside the village where more than 50 were killed by a Russian missile. 2023-12-22.
  2. Web site: Про визначення адміністративних центрів та затвердження територій територіальних громад Харківської області . 2023-12-22 . Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України . uk.
  3. Web site: Про утворення та ліквідацію районів . 2023-12-22 . Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України . uk.
  4. Web site: Russia killed more than half of the villagers of the village of Hroza – prosecutor's office with one rocket. 5 October 2023. 10 October 2023. TSN.ua. Ukrainian.
  5. Web site: Ukrainian village shattered by precision missile strike on cafe hosting fallen soldier's wake. 7 October 2023. 10 October 2023. PBS. English.
  6. Web site: Hroza – a Ukrainian village where “the volume of grief per square meter goes off scale” .
  7. Web site: В Украине закончили опознание погибших при обстреле села Гроза. Погибли 59 человек . 2023-10-12 . Meduza . ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20231012115522/https://meduza.io/news/2023/10/12/v-ukraine-zakonchili-opoznanie-pogibshih-pri-obstrele-sela-groza-pogibli-59-chelovek . 2023-10-12 . live.