Khrestivka (Template:Lang-uk) or Kirovske (Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ru) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately 27,370 (2022 estimate).[1]
Khrestivka
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| Khrestivka | |
 Flag | |
  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 (2022) | |
• Total | 27,370 |
| • Density | 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 86300-86390 |
History
20th century
The settlement was officially founded in 1954 as Nova Khrestivka (Template:Lang-uk), in connection with the coal mines that were dug at the same time. In 1958, it was given city status and renamed to Kirovske[2]
In 1987, Kirovske was designated as a city of regional significance - a city that did not belong to any raion and was directly subordinate to Donetsk Oblast.[2]
21st century
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 (DPR).[3] Since then the city has remained under DPR and Russian occupation.[4][5]
On 12 May 2016, the Ukrainian parliament renamed the city Kirovske back to Khrestivka (its historic name) in accordance with decommunization laws. The DPR and Russian occupying forces do not recognize the name change.[citation needed]
In Ukraine, the administrative divisions were changed on 18 July 2020, and the reform reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight. The city of Khrestivka was merged into newly established Horlivka Raion.[6][7] The area of Horlivka raion is not controlled by Ukrainian authorities, and thus the divisions are yet to be implemented. The old Ukrainian subdivisions are used by occupational authorities.[citation needed]
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]
- 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%
Notable people
- Sasha Korban (born 1987), a Ukrainian miner and street artist
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Ткаченко, В. І. (2013-02-01). "Кіровське". Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 13. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ (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)
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16". Institute for the Study of War. 2022-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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