Myrnohrad
Myrnohrad
Мирноград | |
|---|---|
 Stakhanov Coal Mine in Myrnohrad | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Myrnohrad | |
| Coordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk |
| Founded | 1911 |
| City status | 1965 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 49,646 |
| Website | http://dimitrov-rada.gov.ua/ |
Myrnohrad (Ukrainian: Мирноград, Russian: Мирноград), formerly Dymytrov (Ukrainian: Димитров, Russian: Димитров), is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 49,646 (2013 est.)[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]
Demographics
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]
- 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 [Actual population of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "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)
- ^ http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua
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