Chasiv Yar ( uk, Ча́сів Яр, ; russian: Часов Яр) is a city in
Bakhmut Raion
Bakhmut Raion ( uk, Бахмутський район, Bakhmutskyi raion) is a raion (district) within the northeastern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Bakhmut. Its area is , and its population is approximat ...
,
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
(
province
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) of
Ukraine
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. Population: .
History
In 1938, the urban-type settlement became a city.
During the
Second World War
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, from October 1941 to September 1943, the city was occupied by Axis troops.
Later, the restoration of the city began. In 1957, there were an enterprise for the extraction of refractory clay, an enterprise for the production of refractory materials, four secondary schools, two seven-year schools, a
FZO school, two
Palaces of Culture
Palace of Culture (russian: Дворец культуры, dvorets kultury, , ''wénhuà gōng'', german: Kulturpalast) or House of Culture (Polish: ''dom kultury'') is a common name (generic term) for major club-houses (community centres) in the ...
, 14 libraries, four clubs and two
stadium
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s.
[Часов Яр // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / редколл., гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский. 2-е изд. том 47. М., Государственное научное издательство «Большая Советская энциклопедия», 1957. стр.57]
In January 1989, the population was 19,804 people, the basis of the economy was the extraction of refractory clays and the production of refractory products.
[Часов Яр // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.626]
In January 2013 the population was 13,999 people.
On 9 July 2022,
Russian rocket strikes on the city destroyed a railway station
and partially ruined a residential building.
That same day, a
missile strike on a residential area killed over 48 people.
File:Railway station in Chasiv Yar after Russian shelling (01).jpg, alt=, Burning railway station
File:Chasiv Yar after rocket strike on 9 July 2022 (22).jpg, alt=, Collapsed building
Transport
There was one railway station in Chasiv Yar, destroyed on July 9, 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Demographics
Native language as of the
Ukrainian Census of 2001:
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Ukrainian
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* So ...
52.4%
*
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
46.6%
*
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
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0.2%
*
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
0.1%
*
Belarusian
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* Something of, or related to Belarus
* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
* A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus
* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
0.1%
*
Moldovan 0.1%
Notable people
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Joseph Kobzon
Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (russian: link=no, Ио́сиф Давы́дович Кобзо́н; 11 September 1937 – 30 August 2018) was a Russian singer, known for his crooner style.
Early life
Kobzon was born to Jewish parents in the ...
, an iconic
Soviet
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crooner
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who has been acclaimed as "the official voice of the
Soviet Union
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", was born on September 11, 1937 in Chasiv Yar.
* Anatoly Ivanovich Shamshur (1924—1943) — Hero of the Soviet Union.
* Victor Ivanovych Gagin (1934—2016) was a writer and local historian.
References
Cities in Donetsk Oblast
Bakhmut Raion
Populated places established in the Russian Empire
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