Bakhmut
Бахмут | |
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City | |
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| Coordinates: 48°35′41″N 38°0′3″E / 48.59472°N 38.00083°E | |
| Country | Ukraine (de jure) Russia (de facto) |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Bakhmut Raion |
| Hromada | Bakhmut urban hromada |
| First mentioned | 1571 |
| City status | 1783 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Oleksiy Reva (since 1990) |
| Area | 41.6 km2 (16.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 71,094 |
| • Estimate (2023)[2] | > 500 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Climate | Dfb |
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Bakhmut (Ukrainian: Бахмут, pronounced [bɐxˈmut];[a] Russian: Бахмут) is a city in eastern Ukraine. It is officially the administrative center of Bakhmut urban hromada and Bakhmut Raion in Donetsk Oblast. The city is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Bakhmut was designated a city of regional significance until 2020, when the designation was abolished. In January 2022, it had an estimated population of 71,094.[1]
Bakhmut was originally founded in the 16th century as a minor border post on the southern border of the Russian state. Its population grew in the early 18th century, and it served as the capital of Slavo-Serbia (1753–1764), a colony in the Russian Empire established by settlers from the Balkans.
It received city status in 1783, and underwent major industrialization over the following few centuries. In 1920–1924, the city was an administrative center of the newly created Donets Governorate of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. The city was known as Artemivsk or Artemovsk[b] between 1924 and 2016. During World War II, it was the site of the Artemivsk massacre of Soviet Jews by Nazi Germany.
During the beginning of the war in Donbas between the independent Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists, the city was the site of the battle of Artemivsk in 2014. During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine which commenced in February 2022, Bakhmut was the site of a major battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces. The city was largely destroyed, with most of its population having fled, and what remained being placed under Russian occupation.[4][5]
- ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Mayor: 204 Bakhmut residents killed, 505 injured since start of full-scale invasion".
- ^ Пономарів, Олександр [in Ukrainian] (25 January 2018). "Блог Пономарева: чи правильна табличка "Вхід заборонено"?". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian).
Наталя Царик із Бахмута на Донеччині пише, що наголос у назві міста має бути на другому складі: БахмУт - річка БахмУтка. Але багато ведучих і дикторів кажуть БАхмут, і це читачку дратує. Наталя Царик із Бахмута на Донеччині пише, що наголос у назві міста має бути на другому складі: БахмУт - річка БахмУтка. Але багато ведучих і дикторів кажуть БАхмут, і це читачку дратує. [...] Я попросив одного з донецьких просвітян провести опитування, і він відповів, що місцеві мешканці кажуть і БахмУт, і БАхмут. Але оскільки історично наголос був БахмУт, річка БахмУтка, то з поверненням місту історичної назви має бути БахмУт.
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