Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka (Ukrainian: Жданівка, 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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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Zhdanivka .svg) Zhdanivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°8′15″N 38°15′39″E / 48.13750°N 38.26083°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Horlivka Raion |
| Hromada | Zhdanivka urban hromada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serhiy Lytvynov |
| Population (2022) | 11,867 |
| Climate | Dfb |
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History
editStarting 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.
General Information
editIt occupies an area of 2 km², of which 72% is under construction. One inhabitant has 20 m² of green spaces. The average temperature in January is −7.2 °C, in July +22 °C. Annual rainfall is 500 mm.
The population on 5 December 2001 was 13.7 thousand people, at the beginning of 2004 it was 13.2 thousand people. More than 70% are employed in the national economy and work in industry. The main businesses are mines.
In the city there is a church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, a women's monastery is being created.
In the administrative plan, Zhdanivka is subordinated to the urban-type villages of Vilkhivka, 1 rural settlement.
Demographics
editAccording to the 2001 census, the population of the city was 13,266 people, of which 10.94% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 88.05% - Russian, 0.35% - Armenian, 0.29% - Belarusian, 0.04% - Moldovan, 0.02% - Polish and Greek.[7] As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 48.3%
- Russians: 47.4%
- Belarusians: 1.4%
- Language
- Russian: 88.05%
- Ukrainian: 10.94%
- Armenian: 0.35%
- Belarusian: 0.29%
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
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