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===Early history===
Until 1941, there was a [[Germans|German]] settlement at the site of the modern city named ''Mannheim''. The legal name of the settlement in [[Imperial Russian]] and later [[Soviet]] records was ''Davydo-Orlivka'' ({{lang-uk|Давидо-Орлівка}}), but it was also colloquially known as "Khrestivka" (roughly meaning "Cross-town") due to a [[cross]]-shaped road sign near the village. During [[World War II]], in which [[Nazi Germany]] invaded the
The modern settlement was officially founded at the same site in 1954 as '''Nova Khrestivka''' ({{lang-uk|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''.<ref name=esu>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Кіровське |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine |publisher=[[NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research]] |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-7044 |last=Ткаченко |first=В. І. |date=2013-02-01 |volume=13 |language=Ukrainian |isbn=978-966-02-2074-4}}</ref>
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