Zhdanivka

Zhdanivka
Жданівка
Ждановка
City of regional significance

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Zhdanivka
Zhdanivka
Coordinates: 48°8′15″N 38°15′39″E / 48.13750°N 38.26083°E / 48.13750; 38.26083
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Donetsk Oblast
Government
 • Mayor Serhiy Lytvynov
Population 12,352
Climate Dfb

Zhdanivka (Ukrainian: Жданівка, Russian: Ждановка) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 12,352 (2013 est.)[1]; 13,688 (2001).

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]

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[6]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ https://newrepublic.com/article/117387/putin-accidentally-helping-unite-eastern-and-western-ukraine
  3. ↑ http://en.itar-tass.com/world/735082
  4. ↑ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/218736.html
  5. ↑ http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/218736.html
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