Polohy
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Polohy
Пологи | |
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 Polohy railway station | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Polohy  Polohy | |
| Coordinates: 47°29′N 36°15′E / 47.483°N 36.250°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Zaporizhzhia Oblast |
| Raion |  Polohy Raion |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yuriy Konovalenko |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 18,111 |
| Climate | Dfa |
Polohy (Ukrainian: Поло́ги, IPA: [poˈɫɔɦɪ]; Russian: Пологи, romanized: Pologi) is a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Polohy urban hromada and Polohy Raion within the oblast. Population: 18,111 (2022 estimate).[1] It is a significant railway junction.
Since March 2022, it has been under Russian occupation.
Geography
Polohy is located on the left bank of the Konka river, at the intersection of several railways, making it a significant railway junction.[2] The Polohy railway station is located there.
Across the Konka river is a village, also called Polohy.
History
Founding and the Russian Civil War
Polohy was established in 1887 after the construction of a railway that connected
By 1890, houses for workers had been built in the area. In 1894, the railway station was built, contributing to the growth of the village. By 1904, when a second railway line was built that crossed through the village, Polohy became a railway hub. In 1905, there were "about a hundred thatched huts and dugouts" in the village, and it had a total population of around 700.
The
In the Soviet Union
On 7 October 1923, the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee declared the establishment of Polohy Raion inside Berdiansk Okruha of Yekaterinoslav Governorate, with its administrative center in Polohy.[5] Polohy received the status of urban-type settlement in October 1928. From 1928 to 1937, Polohy carried the name of Chubarivka,[2] after the Soviet politician Vlas Chubar.[5] Polohy received city status in 1938.[6]
During
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In independent Ukraine
Polohy urban hromada, a hromada (low-level administrative division) of Ukraine with its center in Polohy, was formed on 30 March 2018 from the union of several local councils.[citation needed]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 3 March 2022, Polohy was captured by
Russian forces heavily fortified areas near the city in anticipation of the
On 8–10 September 2023, the 2023 Russian elections took place in the occupied Ukrainian territories,[12] which Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov described as "hellish pseudo-elections". During this period, on 9 September, Fedorov reported that the headquarters of United Russia - the Russian ruling party - in Polohy had been blown up.[13] Fedorov alluded to casualties among the occupation authorities, stating on Telegram that "Some went to the hospital, and some went straight to the morgue".[13]
Demographics
Distribution of ethnic groups according to the 2001 Ukrainian census:[14]
Notable people
- Oleksii Chubashev (1991–2022), Ukrainian soldier
- Volodymyr Kozak (born 1959), Ukrainian politician
- Viktor Poltavets(1925–2003), Soviet and Ukrainian artist
- Vitaliy Satskyi (1930–2017), Ukrainian politician
- Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897–1970), Soviet politician
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f "Пологи, Пологівський район, Запорізька область" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ a b c "Pologi". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "17 вересня – День міста". Archived from the original on 4 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Історія краю" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Поло́ги". Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Murder Story of Pologi Jews at the Fat Boiling Facility near Pologi". Yad Vashem. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ a b c "Under the Russian boot: how citizens of Polohy live through hell of occupation". Ukraine Crisis Media Center. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Balmforth, Tom (2023-04-27). "Insight: Russia digs in as Ukraine prepares to attack". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ Yankovskiy, Oleksandr; Badyuk, Olena (2023-05-12). "'Panicking For Real': In Anticipation Of A Counteroffensive, Russia Moves Thousands Of People From Their Homes In Southern Ukraine". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Ukraine's elite forces rely on technology to strike behind enemy lines". 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "United Russia's headquarters smashed in temporarily occupied Polohy". 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ a b "Official: 'United Russia' HQ destroyed in Zaporizhzhia Oblast amid sham elections". 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities
