Novohrodivka (Ukrainian: Новогродівка, IPA: [no.woˈɦrɔ.d⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.kɐ]; Russian: Новогродовка, romanized: Novogrodovka) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Novohrodivka urban hromada. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Donetsk and seven kilometres (4.3 mi) from Selydove.[1]
Novohrodivka
Новогродівка | |
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  Novohrodivka Location of Novohrodivka .svg) Novohrodivka Novohrodivka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°12′00″N 37°20′22″E / 48.20000°N 37.33944°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Novohrodivka urban hromada |
| Founded | 1939 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 14,037 |
| Climate | Dfb |
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The city had a pre-war population of 14,037 (2022 estimate).[2] The city has been occupied by Russian forces since 28 August 2024.[3]
History
editThe settlement was founded in 1939 as Hrodivka with the construction of a coal mine.[1] The settlement was occupied by Nazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943 during World War II.[1]
Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.[1]
In 2020, Novohrodivka became part of Pokrovsk Raion and the administrative center of the newly formed Novohrodivka urban hromada.[1]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
editThe city has repeatedly come under Russian strikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties.[4][5][6] In August 2024, amidst recent Russian advances in the area near Novohrodivka, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from the city.[7]
On 16 August, during the ongoing Pokrovsk offensive, Russia was reportedly attempting to storm the city.[8] By 19 August, the population had reportedly decreased to 1,500.[9] On 22 August, Russian forces entered the city from the east.[10] By 27 August, Russian forces occupied almost the entirety of the city,[11] and by 28 August were widely reported to have fully captured it.[12]
Demographics
editAs of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[13][14]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 61.8%
- Russians: 33.9%
- Belarusians: 1.6%
- Tatars: 0.7%
- Native language
- Russian: 69.20%
- Ukrainian: 29.84%
- Belarusian: 0.11%
- Armenian: 0.03%
- Moldovan: 0.03%
- Polish: 0.02%
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Biletska, L.M. (2021). Новогродівка [Novohrodivka]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Russia advances in eastern Ukraine: Control of Novohrodivka and the strategic push towards Pokrovsk". India Today. 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Russian attacks kill two, wound 26 in Ukraine". Reuters. 4 July 2024.
Nine others, including four children, were wounded in a drone attack and shelling in the town of Novohrodivka, in the frontline Donetsk region, governor Vadym Filashkin said.
- ^ Fornusek, Martin (6 December 2023). "Update: 4th victim of Russian missile strike on Novohrodivka identified". Kyiv Independent.
- ^ "Russian missile strikes kill two, wound 10 in east Ukraine, Kyiv says". Reuters. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 892". Al Jazeera. 5 August 2024.
- ^ Méheut, Constant (16 August 2024). "Russia Closes In on Key Eastern Ukrainian City Despite Kursk Incursion". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "The situation with evacuation in Donetsk region is disappointing: people do not want to leave". unn.ua. 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian Defense Forces achieved success near Novovodyane. The enemy advanced near Novohrodivka, Zavitne, Toretsk and Ptyche". DeepStateMap.Live. 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Війська Росії окупували два села і просунулися в Новогродвці на Донеччині – DeepState" [Russian troops occupied two villages and advanced in Novogorodvka in Donetsk region]. Donbas News (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2024.
- ^ Korshak, Stefan (28 August 2024). "Russia's Donbas Offensive Rolls On Against Outgunned Ukrainian Troops". Kyiv Post.
- ^ Національний склад та рідна мова населення Донецької області. Розподіл постійного населення за найбільш численними національностями та рідною мовою по міськрадах та районах (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 7 February 2012
- ^ "Банк даних — перепис 2001". Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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