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]
Khrestivka
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| Khrestivka | |
 Flag Coat of arms of Khrestivka Coat of arms | |
  Khrestivka  Khrestivka | |
| 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 parliament renamed the city Khrestivka under 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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