Vuhledar
Vuhledar Угледар | |||
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City | |||
Vuhledar coal mine | |||
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Vuhledar | |||
Coordinates: 47°46′45″N 37°14′54″E / 47.77917°N 37.24833°E | |||
Country | Ukraine | ||
Oblast | Donetsk Oblast | ||
Founded | 1964 | ||
Population | 15,357 | ||
Climate | Dfb |
Vuhledar (Ukrainian: Вугледар, Russian: Угледар) is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 15,357 (2013 est.)[1]. In 2001, the population was 17,440.
Starting Mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Vuhledar.[4] On 12 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[4]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
- Russian 70.8%
- Ukrainian 28.2%
- Belarusian 0.1%
References
- ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ Leonid Ragozin. "Putin Is Accidentally Helping Unite Eastern and Western Ukraine - The New Republic". The New Republic. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "TASS: World - Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". TASS. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- 1 2 http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/vuhledar_liberated_from_terrorists_325245
- ↑ "Ukrcensus.gov.ua". ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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