Strilkove
village in Henichesk Raion (district), Kherson Oblast (province), Ukraine
Strilkove (Ukrainian: Стрілкове; Russian: Стрелковое; Crimean Tatar: Çoqraq) is a Ukrainian village in Henichesk urban hromada, Henichesk Raion, Kherson Oblast. In 2013 its population was 1,415.
The village is located on the Arabat Spit and is geographically part of Crimea, however it falls under the administration of Kherson Oblast. It was partially and temporarily occupied by Russian forces during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, the first time Russian troops moved into the Kherson Oblast. It was reoccupied by Russian forces at the onset of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Geography
The village lies on the northern portion of Crimean peninsula's Arabat Spit, though neither Strilkove nor the neighboring village of Shchaslyvtseve are claimed as part of the Crimean Autonomous Republic. It is located 8 kilometers to the north of the border of the Crimean Republic, between the Azov Sea to the east, and Lake Sivash in the west; and is 32 km south from the town of Henichesk.
History
Strilkove was founded under the Russian Empire in 1835 and, until 1945, was named Çoqraq or Chokrak (Чокрак).
Deportation of 1944
In 1944, unlike other Crimean Tatars, inhabitants of Çoqraq were not deported to Middle Asia. The reason is unknown, but there is a popular thought that the village was simply forgotten.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Strilkove” as village in Henichesk Raion (district), Kherson Oblast (province), Ukraine. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Henichesk Raion (district), Kherson Oblast (province), Ukraine. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4443704. Authority coordinates are 45.896, 34.881. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2014, 2022 and 1835.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Strilkove” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.