Starobesheve
Starobesheve
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Starobesheve (Ukrainian: Старобешеве; Russian: Старобешево, romanized: Starobeshevo) is a rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The town is located on the right bank of the river Kalmius,[1] about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the internationally recognized border with Russia. Population: 6,044 (2022 estimate);[2] 6,317 (2013 est.).[3]
History
In the Russian Empire
Starobeshevo was founded in 1779 as a
Mariupolsky Uyezd of the same governorate. After 1866, it was the administrative center of Beshevskaya Volost. In 1896, Beshevo was renamed Starobesheve (lit. 'Old Besheve'). In the beginning of the 20th century, the population of Beshevo was about 4,000.[4]
In the Soviet Union
Following the
okruhas into which Ukraine was divided. On July 2, 1932 Starobesheve was included in Donetsk Oblast. In 1936, the okruhas were abolished, and the raions were subordinated directly to the oblast.[6] During World War II, Starobesheve was occupied by German troops between October 1941 and September 1943.[4]
21st century
In 2014, during the
war in Donbas, Starobesheve changed hands several times. Finally, it became controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.[7] In 2020, Ukrainian authorities, who do not control the settlement, abolished Starobesheve Raion and merged its territory into Kalmiuske Raion.[citation needed
]
Economy
Transportation
Starobesheve is connected by road with Donetsk, with Novoazovsk and Mariupol via Boikivske, with Dokuchaievsk via Styla, with Amvrosiivka via Kuteinikove, with Novyi Svit, and with Mospyne.[citation needed]
Culture and recreation
Pasha Angelina, one of the first female tractor operators, was born and lived in Starobesheve and worked in the local kolkhoz. A memorial museum was open in the settlement.[4]
People from Starobesheve
- Pasha Angelina (1912–1959), celebrated Soviet udarnik, a symbol of the technically educated female Soviet worker
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Starobesheve.
- ^ Старобешево in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
- ^ 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 July 4, 2022.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Ф. Д. Пиджарый; Н. П. Юрьев. Старобешево (in Russian). История городов и сёл Украины. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Старобешевский район Донецкой области (in Russian). donbass-info. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ История Донецкой области (in Russian). donbass-info. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ "Документ не існує (Not Found)".