Snizhne

Coordinates: 48°01′41.8″N 38°45′56.2″E / 48.028278°N 38.765611°E / 48.028278; 38.765611
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Snizhne
Сніжне
City
Mining company office in Snizhne
Mining company office in Snizhne
Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
RaionHorlivka Raion
HromadaSnizhne urban hromada
Founded1784
Incorporated1938
Area
 • Total87.2 km2 (33.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total49,564
ClimateDfb
Websitesnezhnoe-rada.gov.ua

Snizhne or Snezhnoye (Ukrainian: Сніжне́, IPA: [s⁽ʲ⁾n⁽ʲ⁾iʒˈnɛ]; Russian: Снежное), formerly known as Vasylivka (Ukrainian: Василівка) until 1864, is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The eastern edge of Snizhne is adjacent to administrative border of Luhansk Oblast. Its population is 45,767 (2022 estimate).[2]

History

The settlement was established in 1784 as a "winter place" Vasylivka (Vasilyevka) by Don Cossacks and was part of the Taganrog city municipality. In 1864 it was renamed as Snizhne/Snezhnoye which literally means Snowy.[citation needed]

During the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine the town was held by separatists. On July 15, 2014, rockets from an unidentified aircraft struck the town hitting an apartment building and a tax office, leaving at least eleven people dead and eight injured. Separatists blamed the

An-26 plane was shot down on July 14, 2014, they have carried out no flights there. Instead they blamed Russian jets.[3]

After the downing of

Buk missile launcher.[4] In September 2016 a Joint Investigation Team confirmed that the plane had been downed by a 9M38 BUK missile launched from a rebel-controlled area near the town of Pervomaiske, 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Snizhne.[5]

Fighting for the control of the town between the separatists and the

Ukrainian army broke out on 28 July 2014.[6][7][8] Snizhne remained under the effective control of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.[9]

Demographics

As of the

2001 Ukrainian Census, reported ethnicity and language preferences were:[10][needs update
]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 51.3%
  • Russians: 41%
  • Belarusians: 1.0%
  • Tatars: 0.9%
  • Armenians: 0.2%
  • Greeks: 0.2%
Language

Economy

  • Snizhneantratsyt
  • Snizhne Engineering Factory (a branch of Motor Sich)
  • Snizhnianskkhimmash, a factory of chemical engineering
  • Sofyino-Brodska train station

Gallery

  • Mine № 9
    Mine № 9
  • Yuri Gagarin monument
    Yuri Gagarin monument
  • School №1
    School №1
  • Military museum
    Military museum
  • Church
    Church
  • Monument
    Monument
  • St. Dmytro Church
    St. Dmytro Church
  • Water tower
    Water tower
  • Sofino-Bridska rail station
    Sofino-Bridska rail station
  • Snizhne apartment blocks
    Snizhne apartment blocks

References

  1. ^ Государственный комитет статистики Украины. Численность населения Украины на 1 января 2011 года (Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Ukraine conflict: Jet bombs rebel-held town of Snizhne". BBC. 15 July 2014.
  4. ^ "How Open Source Investigation Found The Buk Missile Launcher That Downed Flight MH17". www.kickstarter.com.
  5. ^ "JIT: MH17 shot down with missile fired from pro-Russian rebel controlled field". Archived from the original on 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  6. ^ "ATO forces take over Debaltseve, Shakhtarsk, Torez, Lutuhyne, fighting for Pervomaisk and Snizhne underway - ATO press center". en.interfax.com.ua.
  7. ^ "Ukrainian News - Intrernal server error". Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  8. ^ "MH17: AFP again abandon bid to reach Malaysia Airlines crash site after driving into battle zone - Yahoo!7". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  9. ^ "Third summer of occupation". www.unian.info. Retrieved Sep 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.

External links

Media related to Snizhne at Wikimedia Commons