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Novohrodivka
City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Novohrodivka (Ukrainian: Новогродівка, IPA: [nowoˈɦrɔd⁽ʲ⁾iu̯kɐ]; Russian: Новогродовка, romanized: Novogrodovka) is a city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Novohrodivka urban hromada. The city had a pre-war population of 14,037 (2022 estimate).[1] The city has been under Russian occupation since August 2024.[2]
It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Donetsk and seven kilometres (4.3 mi) from Selydove.[3]
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History
The settlement was founded in 1939 as Hrodivka with the construction of a coal mine.[3] The settlement was occupied by Nazi Germany from October 1941 to September 1943 during World War II.[3]
Novohrodivka received city status and its modern name in 1958.[3]
In 2020, Novohrodivka became part of Pokrovsk Raion and the administrative center of the newly formed Novohrodivka urban hromada.[3]
Russian invasion of Ukraine
The city has repeatedly come under Russian strikes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, causing damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties.[4][5][6] In August 2024, amidst recent Russian advances in the area near Novohrodivka, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from the city.[7]
On 16 August, during the ongoing Pokrovsk offensive, Russia was reportedly attempting to storm the city.[8] By 19 August, the population had reportedly decreased to 1,500.[9] On 22 August, Russian forces entered the city from the east.[10] By 27 August, Russian forces occupied almost the entirety of the city,[11] and by 28 August were widely reported to have fully captured it.[12]
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Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census:[13][14]
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians: 61.8%
- Russians: 33.9%
- Belarusians: 1.6%
- Tatars: 0.7%
- Native language
- Russian: 69.20%
- Ukrainian: 29.84%
- Belarusian: 0.11%
- Armenian: 0.03%
- Moldovan: 0.03%
- Polish: 0.02%
References
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