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Myrnohrad
Мирноград | |
|---|---|
 Stakhanov Coal Mine in Myrnohrad | |
 Flag  Seal | |
  Myrnohrad  Myrnohrad | |
| Coordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Pokrovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Myrnohrad urban hromada |
| Founded | 1911 |
| City status | 1965 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 46,098 |
| Website | https://myrnograd-rada.gov.ua/ |
Myrnohrad (Ukrainian: Мирноград, pronounced [mɪrnoˈɦrɑd]; Russian: Мирноград, romanized: Mirnograd), formerly Dymytrov until 2016,[a] is a city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was a city of regional significance before the status was abolished in 2020. Population: 46,098 (2022 estimate).[1]
The city was previously named after Georgi Dimitrov, a prominent Bulgarian and Soviet communist politician, but was renamed in 2016 as a result of decommunization laws.[2]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rada renames some towns and districts as part of de-communization". Interfax Ukraine. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.