Khrestivka (Template:Lang-uk) or Kirovskoye (Template:Lang-ru) is a city of regional significance in the de facto Donetsk People's Republic; de jure Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately 27,441 (2021 est.)[1]
Kirovske
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|---|---|
| Khrestivka | |
 Flag Coat of arms of Kirovske Coat of arms | |
  Kirovske  Kirovske | |
| Coordinates: 48°08′47″N 38°21′38″E / 48.14639°N 38.36056°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Horlivka Raion |
| Founded | 1954 |
| City status | 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Larysa Hrechushkina (interim) |
| Area | |
• Total | 725 km2 (280 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 27,441 |
| • Density | 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 86300-86390 |
History
On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian activists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic.[2] Since then the city has remained under DPR control.[3]
On 12 May 2016, Ukrainian authorities (In absentia) renamed the city to "Khrestivka" due to Ukrainian decommunization laws. Under the DPR the city name remains Kirovskoye.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 54.2%
- Russians: 41.6%
- Belarusians: 1.4%
- Azerbaijanis: 0.5%
- Tatars: 0.4%
- Language
- Russian: 82.39%
- Ukrainian: 16.90%
- Belarusian: 0.15%
- Armenian: 0.05%
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- ^ (in Russian) As part of the People's Republic of Donetsk steel Zhdanovka and Kirov [map], Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (14 April 2014)
- ^ When Ukraine Is No Longer Ukraine, The Huffington Post (29 July 2015)
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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