Zhdanivka

City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

City of regional significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Zhdanivka Жданівка Ждановка
City of regional significance
Flag Coat of arms
48°8′15″N 38°15′39″E / 48.13750°N 38.26083°E / 48.13750; 38.26083
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 December 5, 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

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