Zuhres or Zugres (Ukrainian: Зугрес, pronounced [zʊˈɦrɛs]; Russian: Зугрэс) is a city in Khartsyzk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine.
Zuhres
Зугрес Зугрэс | |
|---|---|
 Skyline of Zuhres | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Zuhres  Zuhres | |
| Coordinates: 48°01′N 38°16′E / 48.017°N 38.267°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Donetsk Raion |
| Hromada | Khartsyzk urban hromada |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 17,871 |
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The city has a population of 17,871 (2022 estimate).[1]
It is currently occupied by Russian armed forces and forces of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic.
History
editThe history of the city starts with the decision to build near a settlement Zuyivka a thermal power plant as part of the Soviet GOELRO plan in 1929. The name for the new settlement around the plant was given after the plant as "ZuHRES", Zuyivka Government Raion Electrical Station. The first power plant was built in 1932 and later there was built another plant in 1980s.
During World War II, the Germans occupied the town and murdered local Jews as well as communists in mass executions in a ravine outside the city.[2]
Since 2014, Zuhres has been administered as a part of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic.
On 7 October 2014, a captured Ukrainian was tied to a pole in the city center, and local separatists abused him for several hours.[3] The victim was a 53-year-old volunteer of the "Donbas" battalion, Ihor Kozhoma, who tried to take his wife out of the occupied territory. One of the first recorded cases of torture of prisoners of war by the Russians. This case was reflected in the film Donbas.[4]
Gallery
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Zuhres dam -
Church of Nativity in Zuhres -
Zuhres power plant -
Krynka River near Zuhres
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.
- ^ "Yahad – In Unum". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ^ Террористы привязали мужчину с украинским флагом к столбу в Зугрэсе
- ^ "Патріотка Ірина Довгань, яку катували терористи, розповіла, чому не вважає себе героїнею". Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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