Sloviansk

For the Ukrainian naval vessel, see Ukrainian patrol vessel Sloviansk. For the town in Russia, see Slavyansk-on-Kuban.
Sloviansk
Слов'янськ
City
Flag of Sloviansk
Flag
Coat of arms of Sloviansk
Coat of arms
Sloviansk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Sloviansk
Sloviansk
Sloviansk is located in Ukraine
Sloviansk
Sloviansk
Coordinates: 48°51′12″N 37°37′30″E / 48.85333°N 37.62500°E / 48.85333; 37.62500
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionKramatorsk Raion
HromadaSloviansk urban hromada
Founded1645
City status1784
Government
 • MayorVadym Liakh [uk; ru][1] (Opposition Bloc[1])
Area
 • Total
58.9 km2 (22.7 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (1 January 2022)[2]
 • Total
105,141
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
 In June 2022, the population was estimated less than 24,000.[3]
Postal code
84100—84129
Area code+380-6262
ClimateWarm summer subtype
KATOTTHUA14120210010032554
Websitehttp://www.slavrada.gov.ua/
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Sloviansk[a] is a city in Donetsk Oblast, northern part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The city was known as Tor until 1784.[6] While it did not actually belong to the raion itself, Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the Sloviansk Raion (district) until its abolition on 18 July 2020.

Sloviansk was one of the focal points in the early stages of the war in Donbas, in 2014, as it was one of the first cities to be seized and controlled by Russian-backed rebels (separatists), in mid-April 2014.[7][8] Ukrainian forces then retook control of the city in July 2014, and since then, Sloviansk has been under Ukrainian control.

The 2001 population of Sloviansk was 141,066. Largely due to the ongoing war in Donbas, by early 2022 this was down to 105,141.[9] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city's population fell markedly, to around 24,000 by July 2022, due to shelling, and ongoing war, according to Ukrainian authorities.[10] In April 2023, The Financial Times estimated the population to have recovered to 40-50,000.[11]

  1. ^ a b CEC names winners of mayoral elections in Uzhgorod, Berdiansk, Sloviansk, Interfax-Ukraine (23 November 2020)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "80% of the population of Slovyansk have evacuated". 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Slavyansk: Ukraine". Geographical Names. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. ^ Словарь географических названий СССР [Dictionary of geographical names of the USSR] (in Russian).
  6. ^ "СЛОВ'ЯНСЬК, МІСТО ДОНЕЦЬКОЇ ОБЛ". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. ^ "'Casualties' in Ukraine gun battles". BBC News. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Семнадцать километров мы шли маршем через границу". Svpressa. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Sloviansk population in 2022".
  10. ^ "80% of the population of Slovyansk have evacuated".
  11. ^ "'Like a ghost town': Slovyansk locals live in fear of Russia's return". Financial Times. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.


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