Syvash, Kherson Oblast

Syvash Сиваш
Village
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Coordinates: 45°58′5″N 34°29′17″E / 45.96806°N 34.48806°E / 45.96806; 34.48806
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson Oblast
Raion	Henichesk Raion
Population  (2004)
• Total	257

Syvash (Ukrainian: Сиваш) is a village at the southernmost point of the Chonhar Peninsula on the northern coast of the Syvash sea in the Henichesk Raion of Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of 257.^[1] It belongs to Henichesk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[2] The Novooleksiivka–Dzhankoi railway line runs over a bridge and embankment across the sea near the village.

Syvash was captured by Russian ground forces on the first day of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War when they crossed the nearby border of the de facto Republic of Crimea.