Milove
Milove (Ukrainian: Мілове) or Melovoye (Russian: Мелово́е) is the easternmost urban-type settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Population: 5,680 (2022 estimate)[1]. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the former Milove Raion. The town is currently controlled by Russia.
Milove
Мілове Меловое | |
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  Milove Location of Milove in Luhansk Oblast  Milove Location of Milove in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°22′40″N 40°07′50″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Starobilsk Raion |
| Area | 605 km2 (234 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 5,680 |
The town is adjacent to the Russian town of Chertkovo in Rostov Oblast.[2] Its train station used to be on the Russian side of the border at Chertkovo railway station.
History
Milove was first mentioned in 1872 as khutir. It was a small settlement in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire.
It has had the status of an urban-type settlement since 1938.
During World War II it was under German occupation from July 1942 to January 1943. Later, it was a Soviet stronghold during the Battle of Kursk.[3]
In January 1959 the population was 4592 people.[4]
In January 1989 the population was 5921 people.[5]
At the outbreak of the war in Donbas, Milove was not very affected by the war that raged in much of the region.[2] However, on November 12, 2014, a Ukrainian border guard office was shot at with a grenade launcher leaving no casualties. Political tensions led to security cameras being installed on the Russian side of the border, and a fence being erected on the Ukrainian side of the border.[6][2][7] On November 27, 2015, two Russian servicemen were detained in the city, and later exchanged back to Russian authorities.[8]
It was occupied by Russian forces on February 24, 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
People from Milove
- Yuriy Harbuz (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
References
- 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 4 July 2022.
- Ukraine crisis: Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia, BBC News (29 August 2015)
- История второй мировой войны (в 12 тт.). том 7. / редколл., гл. ред. А. А. Гречко. М., Воениздат, 1976. стр.150, 153
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 г.
- Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
- Khomenko, Svyatoslav (2015-08-29). "Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia". BBC News.
- (in Ukrainian) На Луганщині бойовики невдало атакували прикордонний наряд In Luhansk insurgents unsuccessfully attacked the border patrol, Espresso TV (12 November 2014)
- "UNIAN news. The latest news in Ukraine and worldwide".
- Troianovski, Anton; MacFarquhar, Neil (2022-02-23). "Ukraine Live Updates: Russia Begins Invasion From Land and Sea". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-24.