Zolote
Zolote
Золоте | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Zolote Location of Zolote within Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°41′34″N 38°31′10″E / 48.69278°N 38.51944°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province | Luhansk Oblast |
| District | Popasna Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.91 km2 (9.62 sq mi) |
| Population (01.01.2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 14,974 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 93294 |
| Area code | +380 6455 |
| Climate | Dfb |
Zolote (Ukrainian: Золотé, Russian: Золотóе) is a city in Popasna Raion, Luhansk Oblast (region) of Ukraine. Population: 14,572 (2013 est.)[2]. The city consists of villages that were merged to create Zolote.[3] Currently these villages are numbered in a sequence from Zolote 1 to Zolote 5.[3][4] Before the creation of Zolote they were named Karbonit, Rodina, Stakhanovets, Maryvka and Partyzansky.[4]
During the War in Donbass the Ukrainian authorities lost control over parts of Zolote to the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).[3][4] Zolote-5 (formally named Maryvka) became under full control of the LPR.[4] Zolote-4 (Patrizansky) and Zolote-3 (Stakhanovets) became situated in the "gray zone" between the warring parties.[4] On 30 June 2018 the Ukrainian army took full control of Zolote-4,[5][3][4] although Ukrainian activists stated that the village takeover was staged, as according to them Ukrainian soldiers had been in the zone since 2014.[6]
On 7 October 2014, to facilitate the governance of Luhansk Oblast, the Verkhovna Rada made some changes in the administrative divisions, so that the localities in the government-controlled areas were grouped into districts. In particular, the towns of Hirske and Zolote and the urban-type settlements of Nyzhnie and Toshkivka were transferred from Pervomaisk Municipality to Popasna Raion.[7]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001 (this list contains Luhansk People's Republic controlled areas as well):[8]
- Russian 50.34%
- Ukrainian 43.93%
- Belarusian 0.35%
References
- ^ Державний комітет статистики України. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2011 року, Київ-2011 (doc) Archived October 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Head of Zolote in Donbas: Gray zone shrinks with liberated village, UNIAN (2 July 2018)
- ^ a b c d e f "Без крыши над головой: как помогают, оставшимся без дома жителям Луганщины". tribun.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ^ Russian-led forces suffer huge losses within week – JFO, UNIAN (2 July 2018)
- ^ Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (20 July 2018). "#MinskMonitor: Questions Over Ukrainian Liberation of Village". Medium. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Рада изменила границы районов Луганской области" (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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