Sukhanivka, Donetsk Oblast

Sukhanivka (Ukrainian: Суханівка), previously known as Andriivka (Ukrainian: Андріївка) between 1938 and 2024, is a rural settlement (a selyshche) in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is subordinate to Sloviansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[4] It has a population of 833 (2022 estimate).[3]

Sukhanivka
Суханівка
Sukhanivka is located in Ukraine
Sukhanivka
Sukhanivka
Location of Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast
Sukhanivka is located in Donetsk Oblast
Sukhanivka
Sukhanivka
Sukhanivka (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°49′16″N 37°31′57″E / 48.82111°N 37.53250°E / 48.82111; 37.53250
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionKramatorsk Raion
HromadaSloviansk urban hromada
Area
 • Total1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • Total833
 • Density690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
84175
Area code+380 6262

Geography

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Sukhanivka is located on the Sukhyi Torets river.[5][1] It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south of Sloviansk.[1]

History

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Until 1861, the land on which modern Sukhanivka is located belonged to landholders named Sukhanov, Yefanov, and Mazan. Small hamlets grew up on the territory, several named after the men, including Bykivka, Yefanivka, Mazanivka, Sukhanivka and Khomychivka. In 1869, the Kursk–Kharkiv–Azov railway was laid through these lands.[1]

In 1921 or 1922, a collective farm was organized at Sukhanivka. The head of the farm was one Andrii Petrunchyk, after whom the farm was named.[5][1] Later that year, Petrunchyk was allegedly murdered by "bandits", according to Soviet sources.[5] In 1938, Andriivka was granted urban-type settlement status. Andriivka was formed by the merger of the Bykivka, Yefanivka, Mazanivka, Sukhanivka and Khomychivka hamlets.[5][1]

Andriivka's urban-type settlement status was removed on 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Andriivka became a rural settlement.[6] On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Andriivka to Sukhanivka.[7]

Economy

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The area of and around Sukhanivka has large deposits of chalk and clay that are extracted.[1] As of the 1970s, most workers from Sukhanivka worked for enterprises in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.[5]

Demographics

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As of 2000, Sukhanivka had a population of around 1,300 people, of whom 75% self-identified as Ukrainians, 20% as Russians and 5% as other ethnic backgrounds.[1] By 2022, the population had fallen to 833 people.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Морокко, Л. І. "Андріївка" [Andriivka]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Vol. 1. NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  2. ^ "Andriivka (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ "Децентралізація в Україні". decentralization.gov.ua. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Андріївка, Слов'янський район, Донецька область" [Andriivka, Sloviansk Raion, Donetsk Oblast]. Історія міст і сіл Української РСР (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ "Что изменится в Украине с 1 января". glavnoe.in.ua (in Russian). 1 January 2024.
  7. ^ Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів [Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions]. Retrieved 2024-09-19.