Pershotravnoe (Melitopol district)

The village of Pershotravnevoe is located at the head of the Tashenak river, downstream at a distance of 1.5 km is the village of Labor . The river in this place is drying up; a dam has been made on it. Nearby is the T-0805 highway.

The village was founded in 1889. ^[one]

During the years of stagnation, the village was part of the Tavria collective farm, the central estate of which was located in Novonikolayevka . After Ukraine gained independence, the collective farm collapsed, and small farms replaced it. The resulting unemployment led to the outflow of the population from the village. So between 2001 and 2008, the population of the Pershotravnevyi decreased from 118 to 86 people.

In the 2000s, the decaying infrastructure became the most important problem for the village. The water supply system laid in the early 1970s became unusable and led to huge water losses. In 2007-2008, the water supply system was repaired at a number of sites. In 2008, not a single working lantern remained on the streets of the village. The roads connecting Pershotravnevoe with Trudovoy and Vesyoly have failed, the last patching was carried out around 1990. Due to the poor condition of the roads and the low profitability of the route, the bus temporarily stopped working in Pervomaiskoe. ^[2]

• Pershotravnoe on the maps: 1943 , 1991 .
• “I want to live in a living village, not dying!” , An article in the “Melitopol Vedomosti” .