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Russians In Ukraine
Russians constitute the country's largest ethnic minority in Ukraine. This community forms the largest single Russian community outside of Russia in the world. In the 2001 Ukrainian census, 8,334,100 identified themselves as ethnic Russians (17.3% of the population of Ukraine); this is the combined figure for persons originating from outside of Ukraine and the Ukrainian-born population declaring Russian ethnicity. Language Geography Ethnic Russians live throughout Ukraine. They form a notable fraction of the overall population in the east and south, a significant minority in the center, and a smaller minority in the west. The west and the center of the country feature a higher percentage of Russians in cities and industrial centers and much smaller percentage in the overwhelmingly Ukrainophone rural areas. Due to the concentration of the Russians in the cities, as well as for historic reasons, most of the largest cities in the center and the south-east of the country (inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Census (2001)
The 2001 Ukrainian census 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.In 2021, there will most likely be no all-Ukrainian census - Minister hromadske.ua (21 April 2020) The next Ukrainian census was planned to be held in 2011 but has been repeatedly postponed. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Slavs
The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they claim as their cultural ancestor.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia'' (Penguin, 1995), p. 16. Today Belarusians, Russians and Ukrainians are the existent East Slavic nations. Rusyns can also be considered as a separate nation, although they are often considered a subgroup of the Ukrainian people. History Sources Researchers know relatively little about the Eastern Slavs prior to approximately 859 AD when the first events recorded in the ''Primary Chronicle'' occurred. The Eastern Slavs of these early times apparently lacked a written language. The few known facts come from archaeological digs, foreign travellers' accounts of the Rus' land, and linguistic comparative analyses of Slavic languages. Very few native Rus' documents dating before the 11th century (none ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnodon Raion
Krasnodon Raion (; ) or Sorokyne Raion (; ) was a raion (district) in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine from 1923 to 2020 and the de-facto district of the Luhansk People's Republic, a federal subject of Russia. The administrative center of the raion was Krasnodon, also known as Sorokyne. The last estimate of the raion population before its abolition was History It was originally formed in 1923 as ''Sorokyne Raion''. It was subordinate to of Donets Governorate of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. On August 12, 1927, it received the status of a national raion for ethnic Russians. At the time, it had a population of 13,216 people, of whom 80.5% were ethnic Russians. In 1930, it was assigned to Luhansk Okruha. From September 1930 to 1932, it was subordinated directly to the republic. In 1932, it was assigned to Donetsk Oblast. By this time, it was still considered a national raion. In June 1938, it was transferred to Voroshylovhrad Oblast (later renamed Luhansk Oblast). At some po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverdlovsk, Ukraine
Sverdlovsk (; ) or Dovzhansk () is an industrial city in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, near the internationally recognized border with Russia. This is the residence of Dovzhansk urban hromada and Dovzhansk Raion (district). It is located approximately from the administrative center of the oblast, Luhansk. Its population is estimated to be Sverdlovsk has its origins in several mining settlements that appeared in the late 18th century and 19th century. They were united into a single city in 1938, which grew over time despite destructive occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. It has been controlled by the Luhansk People's Republic since 2014. History Imperial Russian and Soviet history The city has its origins in a settlement named Dovzhykove-Orlovskе that originated in the late 18th century. It was later renamed to Sharapkyne. The first coal mines in the area began development in the 1870s. On 22 October 1938, several of the mining settlements in the area, along with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnodon
Krasnodon () or Sorokyne (; ) is a city in Dovzhansk Raion (district) of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. Residence of Sorokyne urban hromada. Its population is approximately Krasnodon came under control of pro-Russian separatists in early 2014, and was incorporated into the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR). Since then, it has been continually controlled by the LNR, and since 2022, explicitly by Russia. History 20th century In the early 1910s, rich coal deposits were discovered in the area of the Donbas around modern Krasnodon. Entrepreneurs flocked to the area, and a number of coal mines were dug. A settlement began to grow along the left bank of the Velyka Kamianka, a tributary of the Donets River, known as Sorokyne. In 1914, the first coal was actually mined. This year is usually considered to be the official date of the founding of the settlement, Sorokyne. In 1916, 3,105 people lived in Sorokyne, and 776 miners worked at the mines. Sorokyne saw fighting during the Russian Civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ternivka
Ternivka (, ) is a city in Pavlohrad Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Ternivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Population was 23,972 (2024). History In April 1930 the village was the centre of a quickly defeated pro-Ukrainian anti-Soviet Union revolt. In 1950, geologists discovered coal deposits in the villages of Ternivka and Bohdanivka, and in the fall of 1953, the experimental Ternivska No. 1 mine was laid. There was no electricity, no paved roads, no telephone service, and food was brought from Krasnoarmiisk and Pavlohrad. In 1953, two barracks were built near the village. In 1956, the village received electricity. By 1961, 8 thousand square meters of housing were built. In 1963, the first kindergarten was built. In 1964, the first mine came into operation, and in the same year, by the decision of the Dnipropetrovs'k Regional Executive Committee, Ternivka was granted the status of an urban-type settlement. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makiivka
Makiivka (, ), formerly Dmytriivsk () until 1931, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, located east from Donetsk. The two cities are practically a conurbation. It has a population of It hosts the administration of Makiivka urban hromada. Makiivka is a leading metallurgical and coal-mining centre of the Donbas, Donets Basin, with heavy industry and coking plants supporting the local steel industry, steel and coal industry, coal industries. The city was captured by pro-Russian separatists in 2014 at the start of the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas and is currently Donetsk People's Republic, occupied by Russia. Subdivisions and local government Makiivka comprises a total of five Urban districts of Ukraine, urban districts (''raions''): *Hirnytskyi District () — 107,835 inhabitants *Kirovskyi District () — 52,768 inhabitants *Sovietskyi District ( — 53,007 inhabitants *Tsentralno-Miskyi District () — 94,937 inhabitants *Chervonohvardiiskyi D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
