Nikolske ( uk, Нiкольське) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

in Donetsk Oblast, eastern

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. It is located in the industrial region of the

Donets Basin The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Done ...

. It was the administrative seat of Nikolske Raion until 2020; the settlement now belongs to

Mariupol Raion Mariupol Raion ( uk, Маріупольський район, Mariupolskyi raion, russian: Мариупольский район, Mariupolsky rayon) is a raion (district) of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the refor ...

. Population: Its original name was ''Nikolske''. After the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mome ...

, it was changed to ''Volodarske'' in 1923 after

V. Volodarsky V. Volodarsky (russian: В. Володарский; December 11, 1891 – June 20, 1918) (born: Moisey Markovich Goldstein) was a Marxism, Marxist revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet politician. He was assassinated in 1918. Biography Ea ...

, a

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

. On February 18, 2016, as part of decommunization laws, the settlement was returned to the founding name of ''Nikolske''. The town was captured by Russia and annexed into the Donetsk People's Republic during the 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, and the occupation authorities changed its name back to ''Volodarske'' on May 4, 2022.

Gallery

File:Володарське Парк.JPG, Nikolske park File:Володарський БК.JPG, House of culture File:Volodars'ke. MisVNO, Shevchenko.JPG, Education department and

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...

monument

References

External links

Volodarske
at the

Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR. First attempt Following th ...

Urban-type settlements in Mariupol Raion Nikolske settlement hromada {{Donetsk-geo-stub