Katerynivka, Donetsk Oblast

Katerynivka

Катеринівка
Katerynivka Катеринівка
Village
	Katerynivka Katerynivka
	Coordinates: 47°52′31″N 37°20′32″E / 47.87528°N 37.34222°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raoin	Pokrovsk Raion
Hromada	Marinka urban hromada
Government
• Mayor	Melyus Volodymyr Ilyich
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	306
Area code	+380 6278

Katerynivka (Ukrainian: Катеринівка) is a village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Geography

It is located on the left bank of the Sukhi Yaly [uk]. The distance to the district center is about 16 km, and it passes by a local highway.

History

The remains of two Paleolithic settlements have been discovered near the village, which was established in 1700.^[2]

During the Holodomor, the village was blacklisted by the government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which blockaded Kateryniv, causing mass starvation.^[3]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Out of the 270 residents that fought in World War II, 187 died on the Eastern Front. 143 of them received posthumous honours and a monument to the fallen was erected in 1968.^[2]

Economy

The village has a primarily agricultural economy, centred on the cultivation of grain and the rearing of cattle. Its central estate is a collective farm named after. I. V. Michurin, which holds two cattle farms and two grain farms, spread over 3850 hectares of agricultural land.^[2]

The village also has a primary school, a post office and a shopping center.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, the population of the village was 778 people, of whom 90.1% stated that their mother tongue was Ukrainian, 9.38% - Russian, and 0.26% - Belarusian.^[4]

Famous people

Foma Kozhyn (d. 1921) - commander of the machine-gun regiment in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Yakov Maskalevsky (d. 1922) - insurgent commander during the Ukrainian War of Independence
Vasiliy Zhuravlyov [ru] (1913-2001) - officer in the Soviet Army during World War II

References

^ [СОЦІАЛЬНИЙ ПАСПОРТ МАР’ЇНСЬКОЇ МІСЬКОЇ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНОЇ ГРОМАДИ https://maryinska-gromada.gov.ua/pasport-23-04-08-06-05-2021/]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Катериновка". История Городов и Сел (in Russian). 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010.
^ Papakin, George (27 November 2010). ""Чорні дошки" Голодомору - економічний метод знищення громадян УРСР (СПИСОК)" ["Blacklists" of the Holodomor - an economic method of destroying the citizens of the Ukrainian SSR (LIST)]. Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область" [Population distribution by native language, Donetsk region]. Ukrainian Census (in Ukrainian). 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[1] [СОЦІАЛЬНИЙ ПАСПОРТ МАР’ЇНСЬКОЇ МІСЬКОЇ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНОЇ ГРОМАДИ https://maryinska-gromada.gov.ua/pasport-23-04-08-06-05-2021/]

[IGSU-2] "Катериновка". История Городов и Сел (in Russian). 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010.

[3] Papakin, George (27 November 2010). ""Чорні дошки" Голодомору - економічний метод знищення громадян УРСР (СПИСОК)" ["Blacklists" of the Holodomor - an economic method of destroying the citizens of the Ukrainian SSR (LIST)]. Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[4] "Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область" [Population distribution by native language, Donetsk region]. Ukrainian Census (in Ukrainian). 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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