Khrestivka
Khrestivka
Ukrainian: Хрестівка Russian: Кировское | |
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 Yuvileiny Stadium, Khrestivka | |
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| Postal code | 86300-86390 |
Khrestivka (Ukrainian: Хрестівка; Russian: Крестовка, romanized: Krestovka) or Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське; Russian: Кировское, romanized: Kirovskoye) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately 27,370 (2022 estimate).[1]
Since 2014, Khrestivka has been occupied by Russia and its proxy forces.
History
Early history
Until 1941, there was a
The modern settlement was officially founded at the same site in 1954 as Nova Khrestivka (Ukrainian: Нова Хрестівка), in connection with the coal mines that were dug at the same time. In 1958, it was given city status and renamed to Kirovske.[2]
In 1987, Kirovske was designated as a city of regional significance - a city that did not belong to any raion and was directly subordinate to Donetsk Oblast.[2]
21st century
On 14 April 2014
On 12 May 2016, the
On 3 July 2019, two boys in Khrestivka were injured after playing with a
In Ukraine, the administrative divisions were changed on 18 July 2020, and the reform reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight. The city of Khrestivka was merged into newly established Horlivka Raion.[6][7]
On 30 September 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree claiming to annex four regions, including Donetsk Oblast, as part of Russia. This annexation has been seen by the global community as a breach of international law.[8] On 20 June 2023, Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin claimed that doctors from the Sakha Republic in Russia would be working in a hospital in occupied Khrestivka. This was among a number of instances of patronage programs being established between Russia-occupied territories and actual Russian federal subjects, particularly Sakha.[9] On 9 August the same year, Ukrainian resistance outlets reported that Russia began deporting teenagers from several settlements in occupied Donetsk Oblast to Russia, including from Khrestivka.[10]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 16,300[2] | — |
| 1979 | 20,400[2] | +1.13% |
| 1998 | 32,100[2] | +2.41% |
| 2001 | 30,910[2] | −1.25% |
| 2022 | 27,370[1] | −0.58% |
As of the Ukrainian census of 2001:[11]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 54.2%
- Russians: 41.6%
- Belarusians: 1.4%
- Azerbaijanis: 0.5%
- Tatars: 0.4%
- Language
- Russian: 82.39%
- Ukrainian: 16.90%
- Belarusian: 0.15%
- Armenian: 0.05%
Notable people
- Sasha Korban (born 1987), a Ukrainian miner and street artist
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine(14 April 2014)
- ^ "Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No 1351-VIII On renaming of some localities and districts in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions".
- ^ "Ukraine: Protection Cluster Factsheet - July 2019 [EN/RU/UK] - Ukraine | ReliefWeb". 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. July 17, 2020.
- TheGuardian.com. 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 20, 2023". Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 9, 2023".
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
