Zuhres

Zuhres
Зугрес
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Zuhres
Coordinates: 48°01′N 38°16′E / 48.017°N 38.267°E / 48.017; 38.267Coordinates: 48°01′N 38°16′E / 48.017°N 38.267°E / 48.017; 38.267
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Donetsk Oblast
Founded 1929
Population (2013)
 • Total 18,553

Zuhres (Ukrainian: Зугрес, Russian: Зугрэс) is a city in Khartsyzk municipality, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 18,553 (2013 est.)[1]; 19,859 (2001).

History

The history of the city starts with the decision to built near a settlement Zuyivka a thermal power plant as part of the Soviet GOELRO plan in 1929. The name for the new settlement around the plant was given after the plant as "ZuHRES", Zuyivka Government Raion Electrical Station. The first power plant was built in 1932 and later there was built another plant in 1980s.

During WWII, the Germans occupied the town and murdered local Jews as well as communists in mass executions in a ravine outside the city.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.


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