Huliaipole

Huliaipole ( ; ) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Huliaipole Raion. It is known as the birthplace of Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno. It has a population of 
History.
Prior to the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, the area was mostly settled by Cossacks and the nomadic Lesser Nogai Horde. Afterwards, it was part of the Alexandrovsky Uyezd in Yekaterinoslav Governorate. Between 1917 and 1921, reflective of the turbulence in the region brought about by the Russian Civil War (and concurrent Ukrainian War of Independence), the city changed hands no fewer than sixteen times. During this period, Huliaipole was variously held by Austro-Hungarian forces, the Red Army, the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Hetmanate, Anton Denikin's White Army and the Makhnovist Black Army, among others.
Huliaipole gained city status in 1938. During World War II in October 1941, the city was occupied by German troops. In September 1943, it was liberated by the Soviet troops of the Southern Front.
Huliaipole's population was 16,000 in 1970, 19,198 in 1989 and 14,358 in January of 2013.