Khromove (; russian: Хромово, Khromovo) is a rural-type settlement in eastern

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, located in

Bakhmut urban hromada Bakhmut urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, located in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast. Its administrative center is the city Bakhmut. It was founded on 26 June, 2019, from the merger of local village councils in Bakhmut Raion. The hromada c ...

, Bakhmut Raion,

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. Before 2016, it was known as Artemivske ( uk, Арте́мівське, link=no; russian: Артёмовское, Artyomovskoye, link=no).

Geography

Khromove is a small settlement. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine that heavily damaged the infrastructure of Khromove, it consisted of "a few streets of several dozen houses". It is a suburb of

Bakhmut Bakhmut ( uk, Ба́хмут, ) is a city in the Donbas and the administrative centre of Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 89 km north of Donetsk city, the administrative center of the o ...

. It has an area of .

History

Khromove is the historical name of the settlement. In the mid-19th century, the farm on a hill near modern Khromove was bought by a merchant with the surname " Khromov", from which the name of the settlement is derived. The settlement was renamed to Artemivske by the government of the

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. On 19 May 2016, Artemivske was renamed to Khromove as part of

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. In early 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Khromove was attacked by Russian forces as part of the battle of Bakhmut. The Russian attacks destroyed much of the village, including civilian buildings. Control of Khromove would allow Russian forces to cut off Ukrainian supply lines to Bakhmut and assault nearby

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. Khromove, along with all other suburbs of Bakhkmut, was "completely destroyed by months of relentless artillery fire and urban combat". On 29 November 2023, Russia's Ministry of Defence stated that Russian forces had captured Khromove. Ukraine did not immediately give comment and

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could not independently verify the claim at the time.

Demographics

According to the

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, the population of the settlement was 1054. Of these, 59.68% spoke

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, 38.52% spoke Russian, and 1.8% spoke other languages.

References

Rural settlements in Bakhmut Raion Bakhmut urban hromada {{Bakhmut Raion