Hvardiiske
Гвардійське
Urban-type settlement
Flag of Hvardiiske
Flag
Coat of arms of Hvardiiske
Coat of arms
Hvardiiske is located in Ukraine
Hvardiiske
Hvardiiske
Hvardiiske is located in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Hvardiiske
Hvardiiske
Coordinates: 48°44′05″N 35°19′45″E / 48.73472°N 35.32917°E / 48.73472; 35.32917
Country Ukraine
OblastDnipropetrovsk Oblast
RaionNovomoskovsk Raion
Established1957
Founded by42nd Tank Division
Population
 (2001)
 • Total5,199
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hvardiiske (Ukrainian: Гвардійське, lit. 'Guards') is an urban-type settlement in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is part of Novomoskovsk Raion. Hvardiiske is located on the left bank of the Samara River, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) upstream from Cherkaske. It belongs to Cherkaske settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Population: 6,024 (2022 estimate)[2] According to the 2001 census, population was 5,199.

Hvardiiske is better known for housing the 25th Airborne Brigade (Ukraine) (since summer of 2002)[3] and originally was established in 1957 as a military base for the 42nd Guards Tank Division. The town was named for the Guards designation of the unit.[4]

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  1. ↑ "Черкасская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ↑ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ There are Airborne Troops and no problems undecided. subscribe.ru
  4. ↑ "В Гвардейском почтили память основателя поселка Бориса Паневина". Gorod.dp.ua. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

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