Bahatyr
{{Short description|Village in Donetsk Oblast}}
{{Expand Ukrainian|topic=geo|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bahatyr
| native_name = Багатир
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Village
| image_shield = Герб села Богатырь.png
| image_skyline = File:Братська могила учасника громадянської війни, радянських воїнів і пам'ятник односельчанам, Багатир.jpg
| image_caption = Monument to the participants in the Russian civil war and Soviet soldiers in Bahatyr.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Ukraine
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Donetsk
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Volnovakha
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name3 = Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada
| population_total = 55
| population_as_of = 2025
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine
| coordinates = {{coord|47|59|34|N|36|56|11|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
}}
Bahatyr ({{Langx|uk|Багатир}}; {{Langx|ru|Богатырь|Bogatyr}}) is a village in Velyka Novosilka settlement hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
History
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On 30 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military shelled the village using the S-300 missile system, killing two civilians and wounding seven.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-03 |title=Армія рф вдарила ракетами по селу на Донеччині |url=https://www.slovoidilo.ua/2023/08/30/novyna/suspilstvo/armiya-rf-vdaryla-raketamy-po-selu-donechchyni |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Слово і Діло |language=uk}}{{Cite web |title=Росія з С-300 вдарила по Донеччині: двоє загиблих та семеро поранених |url=https://www.unian.ua/war/rosiya-z-s-300-vdarila-po-donechchini-dvoye-zagiblih-ta-semero-poranenih-12376191.html |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.unian.ua |language=uk}} On 12 October 2023, the Russians again shelled the village using the Smerch missile system, killing one child and injuring another child and a woman.{{Cite web |date=14 October 2023 |title=В поліції розкрили подробиці обстрілу села Богатир, в якому загинув 11-річний хлопчик |url=https://suspilne.media/amp/594035-v-policii-rozkrili-podrobici-obstrilu-sela-bogatir-v-akomu-zaginuv-11-ricnij-hlopcik/ |website=Суспільне}} The settlement supposedly was captured by Russia on 17 May 2025.{{cite web | title=Institute for the Study of War | website=Institute for the Study of War | date=2025-05-17 | url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-17-2025 | ref={{sfnref|Institute for the Study of War|2025}} | access-date=2025-05-19}}
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1695 people. In terms of native language, 7.61% of them spoke Ukrainian, 90.97% spoke Russian and 1.18% spoke Greek.{{Cite web |title=Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область |url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_02_014&ti=19A050501_02_014.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%2C%20%C4%EE%ED%E5%F6%FC%EA%E0%20%EE%E1%EB%E0%F1%F2%FC%20%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29&path=..%2FDatabase%2FCensus%2F05%2F01%2F&lang=1&multilang=uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150244/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_02_014&ti=19A050501_02_014.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%2C%20%C4%EE%ED%E5%F6%FC%EA%E0%20%EE%E1%EB%E0%F1%F2%FC%20%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29&path=..%2FDatabase%2FCensus%2F05%2F01%2F&lang=1&multilang=uk |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=26 May 2022}}