Staromykhailivka (Ukrainian: Старомихайлівка), sometimes transcribed as Staromikhailovka (Russian: Старомихайловка), is a rural settlement in Donetsk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. Due to occupation of the settlement and other eastern portions of Marinka Raion by Russian forces, in 2020 the raion was dissolved and most of it still controlled by Ukraine merged with Volnovakha Raion. Population: 5,091 (2022 estimate).[1]
Staromykhailivka
Старомихайлівка | |
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  Staromykhailivka  Staromykhailivka | |
| Coordinates: 47°59′56″N 37°35′01″E / 47.99889°N 37.58361°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Donetsk Raion |
| Hromada | Donetsk urban hromada |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,091 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 85636 |
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Staromykhailivka is located on banks of Lozova river which is a tributary of Vovcha. Staromykhailivka is a suburb of Donetsk bordering the Donetsk's Abakumova neighborhood (microdistrict). The settlement has population of 5,337 (2011).[2]
The settlement was established in 1747 by Mykhailo Motsahor and was known as Mykhailivka.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[3][4] including Staromykhailivka.[5] On 2 August 2014 the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine confirmed reports that Ukrainian forces had recaptured control of Staromykhailivka from pro-Russian insurgents.[6][7]
As of October 2016, the settlement was under control of pro-Russian forces.[8]
Notable people
edit- Pavlo Hryshchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Государственный комитет статистики Украины. Сборник: Численность наличного населения Украины на 1 января 2011. Киев 2011. Ответственная за выпуск Тимошенко Г.В. (doc) Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
- ^ "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
- ^ "Airstrike kills nine as apartment block demolished in Ukraine".
- ^ Ukrainian military liberate two more villages in Donetsk region - NSDC, Interfax, August 2, 2014.
- ^ Ukrainian Forces Advance in East as Russia, West Squabble, Newsweek, August 2, 2014.
- ^ "Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30, 19 October 2016". OSCE. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
47°59′56″N 37°35′01″E / 47.99889°N 37.58361°E
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