Hranitne, Volnovakha Raion
Hranitne
Гранітне | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 87123 |
Area code | +380 6279 |
Hranitne (Ukrainian: Гранітне; Russian: Гранитное; Greek: Γράνιτνα) is a village in Volnovakha Raion (district) in the Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The village is situated on the right (west) bank of the Kalmius river. The much smaller village of Staromarivka is just to the south, but on the other side of the river. There is a granite quarry just west of Hranitne.
The Kalmius became the boundary between
War in Donbass.[2]
The war has caused civilian and military casualties.ATO reported that a Ukrainian serviceman was killed in the village the previous day.[7]
Demographics
The population consists mainly of
Crimean peninsula
in the end of the 18th century.
1859 | 1908 | 1935 | 2001 |
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2,425 | 3,270 | 2,281 | 3,576 |
References
- ^ weather.in.ua
- New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- UNIAN. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- Information Resistance. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "В ходе боя под Гранитным погибли двое бойцов "Азова", еще шестеро ранены – заявляют в полку". interfax.com.ua (in Russian). Interfax-Ukraine. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Бой в Гранитном длился четыре часа" (in Russian). Information Resistance. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "На Донетчине погиб военный, эпицентром боев остается Марьинка" (in Russian). Liga News. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
External links
Media related to Hranitne (Volnovakha Raion) at Wikimedia Commons