Pervomaiske ( uk, Первомайське) is a village located in the suburbs of Donetsk, in the Pokrovsk Raion of the

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 ...

. The population is 2,208. The governing body is the Pervomaiske Silska Rada.

Geography

Pervomaiske is geographically located in the historical and economic

Donbas The Donbas or Donbass (, ; uk, Донба́с ; russian: Донба́сс ) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are controlled by Russian separatist groups as a result of the Russo-Ukrai ...

region of eastern Ukraine. The village is located east of Karlivka, north of Nevelske, south of Tonenke and north-west of

Pisky Pisky ( uk, Піски, , sands, link=no) may refer to several places in Ukraine: *Pisky, Chernihiv Oblast, village in Nizhyn Raion *Pisky, Donetsk Oblast, a village near Donetsk International Airport *, a village in Bashtanka Raion *Pisky, Lviv R ...

. The elevation is 169 meters.

History

The village was founded in the second half of the XIX century. During the war in Donbas, in 2014, the village was close to the center of fighting at the Donetsk Sergey International Airport. It was shelled multiple times by

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 ...

militants near

and

Spartak Spartak may refer to: In sports *Spartak (sports society), an international fitness and sports society that unites some countries of the former Soviet Union In Russia *FC Spartak Moscow, a football club *FC Spartak Kostroma, a football club *PFC ...

. On March 25, 2015, unknown persons toppled a monument to Vladimir Lenin in the village. Until 2020, Pervomaiske was located in the

Yasynuvata Raion Yasynuvata Raion ( uk, Ясинуватський район, ) was one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Donetsk Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The administrative center of the district was the city of Yasynuvata, whic ...

. After its liquidation, it was moved to the Pokrovsk Raion. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been fighting around Pervomaiske and

Vodyane Vodiane () may refer to several villages in Ukraine: * Vodiane, Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast * Vodiane, Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast * Zymna Voda, Lviv Oblast; known as Vodiane from 1946 to 1990 * Vodiane, Znamianka urban hromada, Kirovohrad Ob ...

. The village is strategically located near Avdiivka and Pisky. Capturing Pervomaiske would result in further encirclement of Avdiivka by Russian forces.

Population

According to the 2001 census, the population of the village was 2208 people, of which 33.42% indicated their mother tongue Ukrainian, 65.81% Russian, 0.32% Armenian, 0.05% Belarusian and Bulgarian.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Pokrovsk Raion Ocheretyne settlement hromada