Kurakhove (, ; russian: link=no, Курахово) is a city in

Pokrovsk Raion Pokrovsk Raion ( uk, Покровський район, Pokrovskyi raion; russian: Покровский район, Pokrovsky rayon), is a raion (district) within Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Its administrative center is Pokrovsk. Its area i ...

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 A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

) of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Population: ; 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is

Kurakhove Power Station Kurakhove Power Station (also: Kurakhivska TES or Kurakhovskaya TES, uk, Курахівська ТЕС) is a thermal power plant on Volycha river from Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The first Kurakhove power station went into service on ...

. The 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence referendum was conducted in Kurakhove, but the city did not become part of the territory controlled by the

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

(who held the referendum). Since then the city is west of the frontlines of the

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

Gallery

Kurahovsky city council Ukraine.jpg, City council Kurakhove 01.jpg, Church in Kurakhove Sport centre "Olympic" in Kurahovo.jpg, Sports centre The house along the street Lermontov.jpg, Lermontov Street in Kurakhove Вид с Красноармейского моста на элеватор и ТЭС.jpg, Kurakhove Reservoir Kurachovo power-station.jpg, Kurakhove power station Урочище Грабове, Грабівське водосховище.jpg, Kurakhove Valley

References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Pokrovsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub