Hirske
Hirske (Ukrainian: Гірське) or Gorskoye (Russian: Горское) is a city in Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Population: 9,100 (2022 estimate).[1]
Hirske
Гірське | |
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  Hirske Location of Bilohorivka within Ukraine  Hirske Hirske (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′7″N 38°29′42″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Luhansk Oblast |
| Raion | Sievierodonetsk Raion |
| Founded | 1898 |
| City status since | 1938 |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 9,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geography
The city is located in the basin of the Nyzhnia Bilenka River, a right tributary of the Siverskyi Donets River.
History
Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[2][3] including Hirske.[4] On 13 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city from the pro-Russian separatists.[5] However, on 1 September 2014 it was recaptured again.
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.
Hirske was placed under the de facto control of the Luhansk People's Republic on 23 June 2022, after it was captured by advancing Russian and LPR forces during the battle of Donbas.[6]
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[7]
- Ukrainian 53.2%
- Russian 41.6%
- Belarusian 0.5%
- Moldovan (Romanian) 0.1%
References
- 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.
- Ragozin, Leonid (16 April 2014). "Vladimir Putin is Accidentally Bringing Eastern and Western Ukraine Together". The New Republic.
- "Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service".
- "Nine servicemen die, 18 wounded in Ukrainian army operation in past 24 hours".
- "Nine servicemen die, 18 wounded in Ukrainian army operation in past 24 hours".
- "Ukraine loses key town as Russia claims it surrounds troops". Reuters. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
- "Home". ukrcensus.gov.ua.
