Kurakhove
Kurakhove
Курахове | |
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City | |
 Kurakhove Reservoir and power station | |
 Flag  Seal | |
.svg)  Kurakhove  Kurakhove | |
| Coordinates: 47°59′N 37°16′E / 47.983°N 37.267°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Raion | Kurakhove Municipality |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 20,098 |
Kurakhove (Ukrainian: Курахове, Russian: Курахово) is a city in Marinka Raion of Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 20,098 (2013 est.)[1]; 21,479 (2001). At Kurakhove, there is Kurakhove Power Station.
In Kurakhove the 11 May 2014 Donetsk Oblast independence referendum was conducted; but the city did not became part of the territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic (who held the referendum).[2] Since then the city is 10 miles west of the frontlines of the War in Donbass.[3][4]
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City council -
Church in Kurakhove -
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Lermontov Street in Kurakhove -
Kurakhove Reservoir
References
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraines-east-low-voter-turnout-in-election-signals-kievs-challenges-1414358482
- ^ http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/kurakhove-a-ukrainian-controlled-city-10-kilometers-from-the-war-front-is-on-edge-with-residents-divided-392382.html
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