Buhas (Ukrainian: Буга́с) is a village in southeastern Ukraine, located in Volnovakha urban hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It was known as Maksymivka (Ukrainian: Максимівка) during the times of the Soviet Union.
Buhas
Бугас | |
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Village | |
 Buhas as seen from the highway | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Buhas Location of Velyka Novosilka within Donetsk Oblast .svg) Buhas Buhas (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°38′04″N 37°33′41″E / 47.63444°N 37.56139°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Volnovakha settlement hromada |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,196 |
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History
editThis section appears to be slanted towards recent events. (June 2024) |
On 13 January 2015, during the War in Donbas, there was an artillery strike against a civilian bus near Buhas. According to early reports, 10 passengers died and 13 were injured.[1]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1449, of whom 5.59% natively spoke Ukrainian, 70.39% spoke Russian, 22.29% spoke Greek, 0.14% spoke Belarusian and 0.07% spoke Armenian. Buhas is a multi-ethnic town, with the majority of the population being Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, with smaller Armenian and Belarusian communities, yet a significant part of the population stated at the time of the census to be from 'another' ethnicity and to speak 'another' native language.[2]
Notable people
edit- Ivan Ordets, Ukrainian footballer
References
edit- ^ "Під Волновахою снаряд бойовиків влучив у рейсовий автобус. Загинуло 10 людей (ФОТО, ВІДЕО 18+), 13 січня 2015, espreso.tv". Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2022.