Sakko i Vantsetti
Sakko i Vantsetti (Ukrainian: Са́кко і Ванце́тті; Russian: Са́кко и Ванце́тти) transl. Sacco and Vanzetti was a village in Bakhmut Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine.
Sakko i Vantsetti
Сакко і Ванцетті | |
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Village | |
  Sakko i Vantsetti Location of Sakko I Vantsetti  Sakko i Vantsetti Sakko i Vantsetti (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°44′46″N 38°01′54″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion |  Bakhmut Raion |
| Hromada | Soledar urban hromada |
| Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 84530 |
| Area code | +380 6274 |
The village is named after the Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, who were controversially convicted of murdering a paymaster and security guard at a shoe factory in the United States, executed in 1927 and rehabilitated in 1977 by Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.[1] Soviet propaganda celebrated Sacco and Vanzetti as unjustly accused proletarians and revolutionaries.[2]
History
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 1, 2023, Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed his Wagner Group paramilitary fighters had captured the village, posting a photograph purporting to show four of his soldiers posing in front of "the only surviving house in Sakko i Vantsetti."[2][3] The village was completely destroyed following after.
Demographics
The 1989 Census in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union recorded a total population of 19 in Sakko i Vantsetti, 12 men and 7 women.[4] The population declined by the time of the first independent Ukrainian Census of 2001, which recorded 3 inhabitants in the village.[5]
References
- "Proclamation by the Governor" (1977), pp. 797–799; also included in Young and Kaiser, pp. 3–4, and Tropp, pp. 182–184.
- "Населення — 3 особи: Пригожин похвалився "взяттям" села на Донеччині (фото)" [Population — 3 people: Prigozhin boasted of "capturing" a village in Donetsk region (photo)] (in Ukrainian). February 1, 2023. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023.
- "Сегодня, 1 февраля 2023 года, в 16.00, Сакко и Ванцетти было полностью взято под контроль штурмовыми подразделениями ЧВК «Вагнер». На фотографии - единственный уцелевший дом в Сакко и Ванцетти" [Today, February 1, 2023, at 16.00, Sakko I Vantsetti has been completely taken under control by the assault units of the Wagner PMCs. In the photo - the only standing house in Sakko I Vantsetti.] (in Russian). February 1, 2023.
- "19A0501_061_014. Number of actual and permanent population in rural areas, Donetska oblast (1,2,3,4), s. SAKKO I VANTSETTI". State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- "19A0501_07_014. Number of actual population in rural areas, Donetska oblast (1,2,3,4), s. SAKKO I VANTSETTI". State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
