Zhdanivka

Zhdanivka Жданівка Ждановка
City
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Coordinates: 48°8′15″N 38°15′39″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Horlivka Raion
Hromada	Zhdanivka urban hromada
Government
• Mayor	Serhiy Lytvynov
Population  (2022)	11,867
Climate	Dfb

Zhdanivka or Zhdanovka (Ukrainian: Жданівка, pronounced [ˈʒdɑ.n⁽ʲ⁾iu̯.kɐ]; Russian: Ждановка) is a small city in the Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city has a population of 11,867 (2022 estimate).[1] The city is occupied by regular Russian and pro-Russian proxy forces since 2014.

History

Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Zhdanivka.[4] On 16 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[5]

On 20 September 2014, Ukrainian troops left the city due to the threat of encirclement.[6] Since then, it has remained under control of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic.

General Information

It occupies an area of 2 km², of which 72% is under construction. One inhabitant has 20 m² of green spaces. The average temperature in January is −7.2 °C, in July +22 °C. Annual rainfall is 500 mm.

The population on 5 December 2001 was 13.7 thousand people, at the beginning of 2004 it was 13.2 thousand people. More than 70% are employed in the national economy and work in industry. The main businesses are mines.

In the city there is a church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, a women's monastery is being created.

In the administrative plan, Zhdanivka is subordinated to the urban-type villages of Vilkhivka, 1 rural settlement.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of the city was 13,266 people, of which 10.94% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 88.05% - Russian, 0.35% - Armenian, 0.29% - Belarusian, 0.04% - Moldovan, 0.02% - Polish and Greek.[7] As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[8]

Ethnicity

• Ukrainians: 48.3%
• Russians: 47.4%
• Belarusians: 1.4%

Language

• Russian: 88.05%
• Ukrainian: 10.94%
• Armenian: 0.35%
• Belarusian: 0.29%

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
2. Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
3. "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
4. "Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko".
5. "Ukrainian army liberates Zhdanivka in Donetsk region - Poroshenko".
6. "СНБО: силовики отступили от Ждановки, чтобы не попасть в окружение". 21 September 2014.
7. "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
8. "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.