Selydove ( uk, Сели́дове, ; russian: Селидово, formerly: Selydivka) is a city of oblast significance in

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 ...

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 ...

. The city is located in the western part of the region, on the Solona River (a tributary of the Vovchya, Dnieper basin). Its population is approximately

History

The city takes its roots from a

sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...

Selydivka that was confirmed by the

Bakhmut Province 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 ob ...

chancellery in 1782.

Municipality

Beside the city of Selydove, part of Selydove municipality are cities Hirnyk and

Ukrainsk Ukrainsk (, ) is a city in Selydove municipality, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders t ...

as well as towns of

Vyshneve Vyshneve ( uk, Вишне́ве) is a city south of Kyiv in Ukraine. It is in Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast. Vyshneve hosts the administration of Vyshneve urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It has a population of History In 1886, a r ...

, Hostre, Komyshivka, Kurakhivka, and

Tsukuryne Tsukuryne ( uk, Цукурине) is an rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The population is Demographics Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:2001 Ukrainian census The Ukrainian Census of 2001 is to date the only census of the population of independent Ukraine. It was conducted by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989.

: ;Ethnicity * Ukrainians: 59.3% * Russians: 36.7% * Belarusians: 1.1% * Tatars: 0.5% * Greeks: 0.4%

References

Cities in Donetsk Oblast Bakhmutsky Uyezd Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Pokrovsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub