Yahidne () is a village (
selo) in eastern
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 ...
, located in the center of
Bakhmut Raion,
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 ...
. In 2001, it had a population of 318.
It is located on one side of a hill, on the other side of which is the village of
Berkhivka.
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History
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 ...
, Yahidne saw fierce fighting as part of the Battle of Bakhmut in February 2023.
Politics
In the 2012 and 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary elections, pluralities of voters in Yahidne voted for the pro-Russian parties Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...
and Opposition Bloc
russian: Оппозиционный блок
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, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Rinat Akhmetov (one wing)Dmytro Firtash & Yuriy Boyko ( ...
, respectively.
Demographics
According to the 1989 USSR census, the settlement had a population of 420 people, of whom 192 were men and 228 were women.
By the time of the Ukrainian census of 2001, the population had shrunk to 318.
References
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Villages in Bakhmut Raion
Bakhmut urban hromada