Sviatohirsk

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Sviatohirsk (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".), formerly Slovianohirsk (Template:Langx), is a city in the northern part of Donetsk Region in Ukraine. It stands on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River, Template:Convert from the city of Sloviansk. The population is Template:Ua-pop-est2022 The 16th-century Sviatohirsk Lavra Monastery is located in the city.

History

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Monument to Artem in Sviatohirsk

A settlement in the area of the Holy Mountains was first mentioned in written sources in the 16th century.[1] In 1624, the Sviatohirsk Lavra Holy Mountains monastery was established here, but in the end of the 18th century all monastic lands were secularized and passed on to private owners.[1] One of the new owners built a bathing house on the nearby lake, which led to the settlement being called Banne (Template:Langx)/Bannoye (Template:Langx) or Bannovskoye (Script error: No such module "Lang".); literally bathing.[1] The proximity of a nearby selo of Tatyanovka lead to both places sometimes being collectively referred as Bannoye-Tatyanovka (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[1]

During the Soviet times, the selo was officially known as Bannoye.[1] In 1938, it was granted urban-type settlement status and renamed Bannovsky (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[1] The settlement served as a resort destination and steadily grew in size, until in 1964 it was granted town status and renamed Slovianohirsk (Template:Langx)/Slavyanogorsk (Script error: No such module "Lang".), with the first part of the name (Sloviano-/Slavyano-) being after the nearby city of Sloviansk (Slavyansk), and the second part (-hirsk/-gorsk) being after the Holy Mountains.[1] In 2003, the name was changed to Sviatohirsk, after the monastery itself.[2]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Unlike neighboring Sloviansk, Sviatohirsk was never controlledScript error: No such module "Unsubst". by the pro-Russian forces who in spring 2014 had made Sloviansk their stronghold.[3] In contrast to most of the Donbas region, which is largely flat open landscape, Sviatohirsk is set among hills and forests - providing some natural defences - making it harder for an army to manoeuvre with artillery and tanks.[4] The city is seen as strategically important during the conflict, due to it being one of the key points preventing an encirclement of the Ukrainian army in Donetsk oblast.[5]

Following the start of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, the press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) reported the deaths of two monks and a nun of the city's monastery as a result of shelling on 1 June 2022.[6] On 4 June, as a result of further hostilities in the region, one of the temples of the monastery was engulfed in flames.[7] Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russian forces for the resulting burning of the temple and mourned the victims, while calling for Russia's expulsion from UNESCO over it.[8][9] However, the mayor of the city, Volodymyr Bandura, blamed Ukrainian forces for the burning of the temple while in Russian captivity, accusing Zelenskyy of lying.[10][11] The Security Service of Ukraine later accused the mayor of treason over this statement.[12]

According to the Institute for the Study of War, there were reports of fighting near the city after a battle on 31 May.[13][14] On 6 June, Igor Konashenkov, Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson, stated that Russian forces were completing the capture of the city.[15] Later that day, Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, stated that Sviatohirsk was almost cleared of Ukrainian forces, except for an unnamed height somewhere in the city.[16] Russian minister of defense Sergei Shoigu announced the city's complete capture the next day, on 7 June.[17] Sviatohirsk's mayor, Volodymyr Bandura, remained mayor after the city's capture, and became the subject of a treason investigation by Ukraine's general prosecutor; Pushilin claimed that the DPR had been in contact with Bandura for "a long time".[18]

Following the Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive of 2022, on 10 September, reports appeared in Ukrainian media that the Ukrainian armed forces had retaken the city from Russian control.[19][20] On 12 September 2022, the Ukrainian armed forces confirmed that they were in control of the city.[21]

In March 2023, Sviatohirsk established a sister city relationship with Easton, Connecticut, United States.[22]

In June 2023, Sviatohirsk established a sister city relationship with Ashland, Oregon, United States.[2]

Culture

Sviatohirsk includes the Holy Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra, the Holy Mountains National Park, an historical and architectural reserve, as well as a resort of national importance; thirty objects, among them a monumental sculpture of Communist leader Artem (Fyodor Sergeyev) and a World War II memorial (opened on the day of 40th anniversary of victory) are included in the historic monuments complex of the reserve. The town has been visited by well-known cultural figures, including Hryhorii Skovoroda, Fyodor Tyutchev, Ivan Bunin, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Ilya Repin.

On 15 May 2015, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a bill into law that started a six months period for the removal of communist monuments and the mandatory renaming of settlements with a name related to Communism.[23][24][25] However, since the "Monument of the authorship of the outstanding sculptor I.P. Kavaleridze" is listed as "National Cultural Heritage" it will not be demolished.[26]

Demographics

Ethnicities

In terms of ethnicity, the town is home to a large Ukrainian majority. Every fifth inhabitant claims to have an ethnic Russian background, smaller minorities are Belarusians and Armenians. The exact composition was as follows:[27]

Ethnic groups in Sviatohirsk
percent
Ukrainians
 
 76.29%
Russians
 
 21.55%
Belarusians
 
 0.55%
Armenians
 
 0.47%
others
 
 1.14%

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Native languages

According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the population of the city was Template:Ua-pop-est2022 The results of the 2001 Ukrainian census found that the city's population was 3,805, of which 2,492 (65.49%) considered Ukrainian as their mother tongue, 1,292 (33.96%) Russian, 9 (0.24%) Armenian, 5 (0.13%) Belarusian, and 3 (0.08%) Moldovan.[28][29]

Native languages in Sviatohirsk
percent
Ukrainian
 
 65.49%
Russian
 
 33.96%
Armenian
 
 0.24%
Belarusian
 
 0.13%
Moldovan
 
 0.08%
others
 
 0.1%

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Tourism

The development plan of Sviatohirsk provides a significant expansion of the resorts, recreational, and tourism network. Within the Sviatohirsk resort are the Holy Mountain sanatorium and hotel-and-tourist complexes. The town carries out a construction and modernization of recreation departments for children and adults.

Early in 2009, a four-star hotel opened. Sviatohirsk also offers the Siverskyi Donets River, chalk mountains, coniferous and mixed forests, centuries-old oak trees, and clean air.

Sister cities

Gallery

References

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Sources

  • [1] Е. М. Поспелов (Ye.M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.) Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.
  • [2] Е. М. Поспелов (Ye.M. Pospelov). "Географические названия мира" (Geographic Names of the World). Москва, 1998.

External links

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  24. ↑ Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes Template:Webarchive, Interfax-Ukraine.
  25. ↑ Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols Template:Webarchive, BBC News (14 April 2015)
  26. ↑ Template:In lang Zhebrovsky confirmed that Artyom monument in Svyatogorsk will not be demolished Template:Webarchive, depo.ua (29 December 2015)
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  30. ↑ "A Message From First Selectman David Bindelglass". Easton CT Government. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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