Armyansk

Armyansk
Армянськ
	Armyansk
Basic data
Oblast :	Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Rajon :	District-free city
Height :	10 m
Area :	16.2 km²
Residents :	24,508 (2004)
Population density :	1,513 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	96012
Area code :	+380 6567
Geographic location :	46 ° 7 '  N , 33 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 6 '38 "  N , 33 ° 41' 27"  E
KOATUU :	111500000
Administrative structure :	1 city, 3 villages
Mayor :	Valentyn Demidov
Address:	вул. Сімферопольска 7 96012 м. Армянськ
Statistical information
Armyansk

Armjansk (Ukrainian Армянськ ; Russian Армянск , Crimean Tatar Ermeni Bazar ) is a city in Ukraine in the north of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea .

Tank memorial in place

geography

Armjansk is located in the extreme north of the Crimean peninsula in the Isthmus of Perekop , 133 km north of Simferopol . The North Crimean Canal runs north of the city . For township includes the villages Woloschyne (Волошине), Perekop (Перекоп) and Suworowe (Суворове).

population

Armyansk has a population of 22,592.

According to the 2001 census, the population is structured as follows:

	number	in percent
Russians	14 969	55.7
Ukrainians	9 722	36.2
Crimean Tatars	949	3.5
Belarusians	299	1.1
Armenians	94	0.3
Tatars	87	0.3
Moldovans	85	0.3
Azerbaijanis	82	0.3

Population development (for the city)

• 1926: 2,670
• 1939: 3,975
• 1970: 8,532
• 1989: 24.833
• 2001: 24,508
• 2007: 22,922
• 2011: 22,592

history

Armjansk was founded at the beginning of the 18th century by Greek and Armenian traders who came from Or Qapı (today Perekop ) and came to the Russian Empire in 1783 . The place bore the Crimean Tatar name Ermeni Bazar (Russian Армянский Базар / Armjanskyj Basar), which means "Armenian market", until 1921. In the Russian Empire, Armjansk belonged to the Taurian Governorate , which existed until October 1921. After the October Revolution , Armjansk was part of the ASSR of Crimea within the Russian SFSR .

By resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Pereyaslav , Armyansk and the Crimean Oblast were annexed to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on April 26, 1954 . From 1991 to 2014 Armjansk was part of independent Ukraine. In 1968 Armjansk got the status of an urban-type settlement , since 1993 it has had town charter and is under oblast administration.

Since the occupation and annexation of Crimea in February and March 2014, the peninsula has been de facto under the control of the Russian Federation; under international law, Crimea still belongs to Ukraine.

economy

The city's largest employer is the state enterprise Кримський Титан (“Krimski Titan”), which produces titanium (IV) oxide (TiO ₂ ), sulfuric acid and fertilizers . There is also a reinforced concrete plant.

Chemical accident

In August 2018 there was a chemical accident with massive sulfuric acid leakage from the “Krimski Titan” titanium factory. Residents reported unusual air pollution and an oily substance deposited on fences, roofs and cars as early as August. Trees lost their leaves and plants perished. Despite the reports and signs, the government installed by Russia denied that there were any problems until early September. Large numbers of patients with breathing problems and chemical burns were treated in nearby hospitals. The Russian authorities also insisted that contact with the chemical substances that had escaped would not pose a health risk. In September, Russia finally took “preventive measures” and evacuated over 4,000 children from Armyansk. According to Russian media reports, over 20,000 people have been exposed to sulfur dioxide. Russian authorities suspect that the factory did not have enough water to cover the sulfuric acid reservoir with a protective layer of water and to bind the chemicals. Moscow sees the water shortage in the Crimea as the cause. Before the annexation, Crimea received up to 85 percent of the required water supplies via the North Crimean Canal in southern Ukraine. Since the Russian occupation in 2014, Ukraine no longer takes over the water supply to Crimea. According to the fourth Geneva Convention (Articles 55 and 56), it is the task of the occupying power to supply the occupied territories with essential goods such as water.

In October 2018, residents of Armyansk and people from neighboring towns again complained about the leakage of chemicals from the titanium factory, reporting symptoms such as skin discoloration, swollen eyes, severe coughing fits and acid taste in the mouth. The city administration said that the ecological situation was stable. Residents who spoke to journalists and requested a meeting with the government were accused of self-promotion and destabilization on state television and by the city administration and were described as Ukrainian henchmen. The police warned residents not to hold meetings without prior authorization.

Web links

Commons : Armjansk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The Transfer of the Crimea to the Ukraine (English)
3. ↑ 71/205. The human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) . United Nations, General Assembly resolution, adopted December 19, 2016.
4. ↑ Crimea: Thousands of people evacuated after a chemical accident covered up . In: Spiegel Online , September 7, 2018.
5. ^ Authorities hushed up chemical accidents in Crimea for weeks . In: N-tv , September 6, 2018.
6. ↑ Russia evacuates children as Crimea town 'coated in rust' . In: BBC , September 6, 2018.
7. ↑ ' When the humidity rises, your skin burns': Gas leak causes evacuations in Crimea as Russia and Ukraine trade blame . In: The Washington Post , September 7, 2018.
8. ^ Crimea: Mysterious chemical incident evokes memories of Chernobyl disaster . In: Deutsche Welle , September 6, 2018.
9. ↑ J Kusznir: Russian infrastructure projects in the Crimea - an inventory . In: Ukraine Analysis . No. 201, May 2018.
10. ^ The Law of the Belligerent Occupation . In LR Blank, GP Noone: International Law and Armed Conflict: Fundamental Principles and Contemporary Challenges in the Law of War (2nd edition). Wolters Kluwer, New York 2019, ISBN 978-1-4548-8135-3 , p. 204 ff .
11. ^ The northern Crimea is turning into new Chernobyl . In: Medium , September 10, 2018.
12. ↑ «Самопиар» на катастрофе ( Eng . " " Self- promotion "on the back of a catastrophe"). In: Novaya Gazeta , October 12, 2018.