Svitlodarsk (Svetlodarsk)
Svitlodarsk (Світлода́рськ, ; Светлодарск) is a city of district significance in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city's population is.
It is an industrial town, built as the home for the Vuhlehirska power station.
In the War in Donbas (that started in the spring of 2014) the city was near the frontline with the separatist Donetsk People's Republic. Because of the conflict, the number of residents has shrunk to a few thousand.
On 24 May 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city was captured by Russian forces as part of the Battle of Donbas.
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
* Russian – 75.0%
* Ukrainian – 24.6%
* Belarusian – 0.1%
* Armenian – 0.1%
It is an industrial town, built as the home for the Vuhlehirska power station.
In the War in Donbas (that started in the spring of 2014) the city was near the frontline with the separatist Donetsk People's Republic. Because of the conflict, the number of residents has shrunk to a few thousand.
On 24 May 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city was captured by Russian forces as part of the Battle of Donbas.
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
* Russian – 75.0%
* Ukrainian – 24.6%
* Belarusian – 0.1%
* Armenian – 0.1%
Map - Svitlodarsk (Svetlodarsk)
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During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional powers and was ultimately destroyed by the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. The area was then contested, divided, and ruled by a variety of external powers for the next 600 years, including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsardom of Russia. The Cossack Hetmanate emerged in central Ukraine in the 17th century, but was partitioned between Russia and Poland, and ultimately absorbed by the Russian Empire. Ukrainian nationalism developed, and following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic was formed. The Bolsheviks consolidated control over much of the former empire and established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union when it was formed in 1922. In the early 1930s, millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor, a man-made famine. During World War II, Ukraine was devastated by the German occupation.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia | â‚´ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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HU | Hungarian language |
PL | Polish language |
RU | Russian language |
UK | Ukrainian language |