Zhdanivka

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Zhdanivka
Жданівка
Ждановка
Oblast
Donetsk Oblast
RaionHorlivka Raion
HromadaZhdanivka urban hromada
Government
 • MayorSerhiy Lytvynov
Population
 (2022)
11,867
ClimateDfb

Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka (Ukrainian: Жда́нівка, pronounced [ˈʒdɑ.n⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.kɐ]; Russian: Ждановка) is a small city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of 11,867 (2022 estimate).[1] The city is occupied by regular Russian and pro-Russian proxy forces since 2014.

History

Starting Mid-April 2014

captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Zhdanivka.[4] On 16 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[5]

On 20 September 2014, Ukrainian troops left the city due to the threat of encirclement.[6] Since then, it has remained under control of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.

General Information

It occupies an area of 2 km², of which 72% is under construction. One inhabitant has 20 m² of green spaces. The average temperature in January is −7.2 °C, in July +22 °C. Annual rainfall is 500 mm.

The population on December 5, 2001 was 13.7 thousand people, at the beginning of 2004 it was 13.2 thousand people. More than 70% are employed in the national economy and work in industry. The main businesses are mines.

In the city there is a church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, a women's monastery is being created.

In the administrative plan, Zhdanivka is subordinated to the urban-type villages of Vilkhivka, 1 rural settlement.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of the city was 13,266 people, of which 10.94% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 88.05% - Russian, 0.35% - Armenian, 0.29% - Belarusian, 0.04% - Moldovan, 0.02% - Polish and Greek.

Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 48.3%
  • Russians: 47.4%
  • Belarusians: 1.4%
Language

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
  3. ^ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
  4. ^ "Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko".
  5. ^ "Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko".
  6. ^ "СНБО: силовики отступили от Ждановки, чтобы не попасть в окружение". 21 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.