Kurdiumivka

Kurdiumivka (Ukrainian: Курдюмівка; Russian: Курдюмовка) is an urban-type settlement in Bakhmut Raion of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, at 54.7 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city. Population: 737 (2022 est.)[1]

Kurdiumivka
Курдюмівка
Urban-type settlement
Kurdiumivka is located in Donetsk Oblast
Kurdiumivka
Kurdiumivka
Location of Kurdiumivka within Ukraine
Kurdiumivka is located in Ukraine
Kurdiumivka
Kurdiumivka
Kurdiumivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48.468333°N 37.96°E / 48.468333; 37.96
Country Ukraine
Province Donetsk Oblast
DistrictBakhmut Raion
Founded1936
Control(potentially occupied by Russia, currently in grey zone)
Area
 • Total0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation
206 m (676 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total737
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
85285
Area code+380 6247

History

War in Donbas

The war in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, has brought along both civilian and military casualties. A civilian was killed by shelling in Kurdiumivka on 6 February 2017.[2]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

According to information provided by the Russian war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, Kurdiumivka was taken over by Russian Armed Forces on 29th November 2022.[3] The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces launched a counter attack on the 29th of December, 2022, and regained positions inside Kurdiumivka, but this has not yet been confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 1161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Militants mortar Kurdiumivka, kill teenager, - Abroskin". Censor.NET. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. "Evening Vladlen. 29.11.22". Vladlen Tatarsky. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua Archived 31 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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