Myrnohrad
Myrnohrad
Мирноград | |
|---|---|
 Stakhanov Coal Mine in Myrnohrad | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Myrnohrad .svg) Myrnohrad | |
| Coordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Myrnohrad urban hromada |
| Founded | 1911 |
| City status | 1965 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 46,098 |
| Website | http://dimitrov-rada.gov.ua/ |
Myrnohrad (Ukrainian: Мирноград, pronounced [mɪrnoˈɦrɑd]; Russian: Мирноград, romanized: Mirnograd), formerly Dymytrov (Ukrainian: Димитров, Russian: Димитров, romanized: Dimitrov), is a city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It was a city of regional significance before the status was abolished in 2020. Population: 46,098 (2022 estimate).[1]
The city was previously named after Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Георги Димитров) - a prominent Bulgarian and Soviet communist politician, but was renamed to Myrnohrad during decommunisation in May 2016.[2]
Unlike in most bigger cities in Donetsk Oblast, the separatist Donetsk People's Republic 11 May 2014 referendum on independence was not held in the city.[3]
History
The historical predecessors of the city of Myrnohrad were two mining settlements formed near coal mines - Novoekonomichne (1911) and Hrodivka (1916). These two settlements were built in the early twentieth century on land leased from the rural communities of Novoekonomichne and Hrodivka villages. In 1934, mine No. 5-6 (Hrodivka mine) was named after Heorhii Dymytrov.
In 1966, probably as a result of prolonged heavy rains, a part of the mine 5/6 mine terricone in Myrnohrad collapsed, completely demolishing buildings on Sadova, Zhdanov, and Rozynska streets. Everyone who was in the buildings and nearby was killed. The authorities then hid the tragedy from the public.[4]
In 1972, the mining villages of Novoekonomichne and Dymytriv were united under the common name of Dymytriv. This mining town was named after the Bulgarian politician, the first president of Bulgaria, Georgi Dimitrov, in honor of his friendship with the Bulgarian people, whose representatives worked in the mines in the 1960s. In August 1990, Dimitrov was granted the status of a city of regional significance.
On January 17, 2015, the city dismantled the monument to Lenin.
On March 21, 2016, in accordance with the law on decommunization, Dimitrov's deputies chose a new name and voted to rename the city Myrnohrad.
On May 12, 2016, the Verkhovna Rada renamed the city of Dymytriv to Myrnohrad. The relevant bill No. 4468 was voted for by 265 MPs. The renaming came into force on May 22, 2016.[5]
On February 27, 2023, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russians launched a missile attack on the city, damaging a kindergarten.[6]
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 64.2%
- Russians: 31.3%
- Tatars: 0.7%
- Belarusians: 0.6%
- Armenians: 0.2%
- Language
- Russian: 71.8%
- Ukrainian: 26.0%
- Armenian: 0.1%
- Belarusian: 0.1%
Economy
The main city employer is a mining company "Myrnohradvuhillya" (formerly Krasnoarmiyskvuhillya, after the city's central train station) along with refining factory "Komsomolska".
- Myrnohradvuhillya
- Kapitalna coal mine (formerly Stakhanov coal mine)
- Tsentralna coal mine
- Dymytrova coal mine
- Rodynska coal mine
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Rada renames some towns and districts as part of de-communization". Interfax Ukraine. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Impunity, who covers mayors separatists, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 October 2016)
- ^ Сорок років тому в Мирнограді вибухнув терикон 1 (відео) Archived 2016-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, 2 Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. UnionTB. 02.11.2010 (in Russian)
- ^ http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=58788
- ^ "Російські війська вдарили ракетою по Мирнограду на Донбасі". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
