Zhdanivka
Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka (Ukrainian: Жда́нівка, pronounced [ˈʒdɑ.n⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.kɐ]; Russian: Ждановка) is a small city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of 11,867 (2022 estimate).[1] The city is occupied by regular Russian and pro-Russian proxy forces since 2014.
Zhdanivka
Жданівка Ждановка | |
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Coordinates: 48°8′15″N 38°15′39″E | |
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Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Horlivka Raion |
Government | |
• Mayor | Serhiy Lytvynov |
Population (2022) | 11,867 |
Climate | Dfb |
History
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Zhdanivka.[4] On 16 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[5]
On 20 September 2014, Ukrainian troops left the city due to the threat of encirclement.[6] Since then, it has remained under control of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 48.3%
- Russians: 47.4%
- Belarusians: 1.4%
- Language
- Russian: 88.05%
- Ukrainian: 10.94%
- Armenian: 0.35%
- Belarusian: 0.29%
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.
- Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
- "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
- "Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko".
- "Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko".
- "СНБО: силовики отступили от Ждановки, чтобы не попасть в окружение". 21 September 2014.
- "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
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