Zhdanivka

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| subdivision_name1 = Donetsk Oblast

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| subdivision_name2 = Horlivka Raion

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| population_as_of = 2022

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| leader_name = Serhiy Lytvynov

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Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka ({{Langx|uk|Жданівка}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈʒdɑ.n⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.kɐ|pron}}; {{Langx|ru|Ждановка}}) is a small city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|11,867|.}} The city is occupied by regular Russian and pro-Russian proxy forces since 2014.

History

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine|title=Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together|magazine=The New Republic|date=16 April 2014|last1=Ragozin|first1=Leonid}}{{Cite web|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082|title=Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service}} including Zhdanivka.{{Cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/218736.html|title = Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko}} On 16 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.{{Cite web|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/218736.html|title = Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko}}

On 20 September 2014, Ukrainian troops left the city due to the threat of encirclement.{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/world/20140921/1024991796.html|title=СНБО: силовики отступили от Ждановки, чтобы не попасть в окружение|date=21 September 2014}} Since then, it has remained under control of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.

General Information

It occupies an area of 2 km², of which 72% is under construction. One inhabitant has 20 m² of green spaces. The average temperature in January is −7.2 °C, in July +22 °C. Annual rainfall is 500 mm.

The population on 5 December 2001 was 13.7 thousand people, at the beginning of 2004 it was 13.2 thousand people. More than 70% are employed in the national economy and work in industry. The main businesses are mines.

In the city there is a church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, a women's monastery is being created.

In the administrative plan, Zhdanivka is subordinated to the urban-type villages of Vilkhivka, 1 rural settlement.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of the city was 13,266 people, of which 10.94% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 88.05% - Russian, 0.35% - Armenian, 0.29% - Belarusian, 0.04% - Moldovan, 0.02% - Polish and Greek.{{Cite web|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp|title=Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua|accessdate=30 March 2014|archive-date=31 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731182036/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/Mult/Database/Census/databasetree_uk.asp}} As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/ |title=Home |website=ukrcensus.gov.ua}}

;Ethnicity

Ukrainians: 48.3%
Russians: 47.4%
Belarusians: 1.4%

; Language

Russian: 88.05%
Ukrainian: 10.94%
Armenian: 0.35%
Belarusian: 0.29%

References

Category:Cities in Donetsk Oblast

Category:Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Category:Cities of regional significance in Ukraine

Category:Zhdanivka urban hromada