Kirovske, Donetsk Oblast
Khrestivka (Ukrainian: Хрестівка) or Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське), also Kirovskoye (Russian: Кировское) is a city of regional significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately 27,370 (2022 est.)[1]
Khrestivka
Ukrainian: Хрестівка Russian: Кировское | |
|---|---|
| Khrestivka | |
 Flag | |
  Khrestivka  Khrestivka | |
| Coordinates: 48°08′47″N 38°21′38″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Horlivka Raion |
| Founded | 1954 |
| City status | 1987 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Larysa Hrechushkina (interim) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 725 km2 (280 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 27,370 |
| • Density | 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 86300-86390 |
History
On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian activists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).[2] Since then the city has remained under DPR and Russian occupation.[3][4]
On 12 May 2016, the Ukrainian parliament renamed the city Kirovske back to Khrestivka (its historic name) under decommunization laws. The DPR and Russian occupying forces do not recognize the name change.
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 54.2%
- Russians: 41.6%
- Belarusians: 1.4%
- Azerbaijanis: 0.5%
- Tatars: 0.4%
- Language
- Russian: 82.39%
- Ukrainian: 16.90%
- Belarusian: 0.15%
- Armenian: 0.05%
References
- 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.
- (in Russian) As part of the People's Republic of Donetsk steel Zhdanovka and Kirov [map], Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine (14 April 2014)
- When Ukraine Is No Longer Ukraine, The Huffington Post (29 July 2015)
- "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16". Institute for the Study of War. 2022-06-16. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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