title: Stepnohirsk
text: # Stepnohirsk
  
  Stepnohirsk (Ukrainian: Степногірськ; Russian: Степногорск) is an urban-type settlement in Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. The settlement is located on the left bank of the Dnieper, dammed here and forming Kakhovka Reservoir. Stepnohirsk hosts the administration of Stepnohirsk settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 4,294 (2022 est.).
  
  ## Transport
  
  The closest railway station, Plavni-Vantazhni, is about two kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the settlement, on the railway connecting Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol. There is some passenger traffic.
  
  The settlement is on highway M18 which connects Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Yehor Demchenko (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer
  