Bohoiavlenka (Ukrainian: Богоявленка) is a village in Vuhledar urban hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 14 kilometers from Vuhledar.[1] The population was 1,490 in the 2001 Ukrainian census.[2]
Bohoiavlenka
Богоявленка | |
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.svg)  Bohoiavlenka Bohoiavlenka shown within Ukraine  Bohoiavlenka Bohoiavlenka (Donetsk Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 47°51′49″N 37°12′54″E / 47.86361°N 37.21500°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Volnovakha Raion |
| Hromada | Vuhledar urban hromada |
| Founded | 1836 |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,490 |
| Postal code | 85643 |
| Area code | +380 6278 |
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History
editUnder the Soviet Union, the village was the centre of a collective farm, led by Hero of Socialist Labour Dmitry Chernobay.[3]
From 1966[3] to 2004, the village was named Dobroville.
Russo-Ukrainian War
editThe village has been shelled repeatedly throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By December 2023, due to evacuation, the population had decreased to around 200. A local resident reported a lack of gas in the village and the continual deliverance of humanitarian aid to the population.[1]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population of the village was 1,490 of which 92.89% stated Ukrainian to be their native language, 6.58% stated their native language to be Russian, and 0.34% to be Armenian.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Doroshenko, Anastasia; Slabinska, Yulia (2 December 2023). "700 людей з 23 тисяч. Як живуть люди у селах Вугледарської громади поблизу лінії фронту" [700 people out of 23 thousand. How people live in the villages of the Vuhledar community near the front line]. Suspilne (in Ukrainian).
- ^ a b "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою на ukrcensus.gov.ua". ukrcensus.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Чернобай Дмитрий Миронович" [Chernobay Dmitry Mironovich]. warheroes.ru (in Russian).
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