Nikolske
Nikolske (Ukrainian: Нiкольське),[1] is an urban settlement (town) in Donetsk Oblast (province), located in the industrial region of the Donets Basin in Ukraine. It was the administrative seat of Nikolske Raion, the settlement belongs since the July 2020 Reform to Mariupol Raion. Population: 7,801 (2022 est.)[2]
Nikolske
Нiкольське | |
|---|---|
Urban-type settlement | |
 Nikolske district administration | |
 Seal | |
  Nikolske  Nikolske | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Mariupol Raion |
| Founded | 1831 |
| Government | |
| • Head of town council | Fedir Majshmaz |
| Elevation | 131 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 7,801 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 87000—87004 |
| Telephone code | +380 6246 |
The town's original name was Nikolske. After the Bolshevik revolution, it was changed to Volodarske after a communist writer. On February 18, 2016, as part of decommunization, the village was returned to the founding name of Nikolske.
The town was captured by Russia and annexed into the Donetsk People's Republic during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the occupiers changed its name to Volodarske on May 4, 2022, to signify a "return of the Soviet Union."[3]
Gallery
Nikolske park
House of culture
Education department and Taras Shevchenko monument
References
- "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 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.
- "ДНР возвращает прежние названия населенных пунктов на освобождённых землях" [DPR returns former names of settlements on liberated lands]. DNR Live. 2022-05-05.