Kurdiumivka

Kurdiumivka (Ukrainian: Курдюмівка; Russian: Курдюмовка) is an urban-type settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is located 54.7 kilometres (34.0 mi) north-northeast from the centre of Donetsk city. Population: 737 (2022 estimate).[1]

Kurdiumivka
Курдюмівка
Kurdiumivka is located in Donetsk Oblast
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Kurdiumivka
Location of Kurdiumivka within Ukraine
Kurdiumivka is located in Ukraine
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Kurdiumivka
Kurdiumivka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 48.468333°N 37.96°E / 48.468333; 37.96
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionBakhmut Raion
Founded1936
Area
  Total0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation
206 m (676 ft)
Population
 (2022)
  Total737
  Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
85285
Area code+380 6247

History

Russo–Ukrainian War

The war in Donbass, that started in mid-April 2014, brought both civilian and military casualties. A civilian was killed by rebel shelling in Kurdiumivka on 6 February 2017.[2]

During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kurdiumivka has been a site of fighting during the Battle of Bakhmut.[3]

Demographics

In 2001 the settlement had 1161 inhabitants. Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[4]

References

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