Novohrodivka
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Novohrodivka (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Novohrodivka urban hromada. The city had a pre-war population of Template:Ua-pop-est2022 The city has been under Russian occupation since August 2024.[1]
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History
The settlement was founded in 1939 as Hrodivka with the construction of a coal mine.[2] The settlement was occupied by Nazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943 during World War II.[2]
Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.[2]
In 2020, Novohrodivka became part of Pokrovsk Raion and the administrative center of the newly formed Novohrodivka urban hromada.[2]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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On 16 August, during the ongoing Pokrovsk offensive, Russia was reportedly attempting to storm the city.[7] By 19 August, the population had reportedly decreased to 1,500.[8] On 22 August, Russian forces entered the city from the east.[9] By 27 August, Russian forces occupied almost the entirety of the city,[10] and by 28 August were widely reported to have fully captured it.[11]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[12][13]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 61.8%
- Russians: 33.9%
- Belarusians: 1.6%
- Tatars: 0.7%
- Native language
- Russian: 69.20%
- Ukrainian: 29.84%
- Belarusian: 0.11%
- Armenian: 0.03%
- Moldovan: 0.03%
- Polish: 0.02%
References
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