Marjinka

Marjinka
Мар'їнка
	Marjinka
Basic data
Oblast :	Donetsk Oblast
Rajon :	Marjinka district
Height :	152 m
Area :	51.92 km²
Residents :	9,376 (2018)
Population density :	181 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	85600
Area code :	+380 6278
Geographic location :	47 ° 56 '  N , 37 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '0 "  N , 37 ° 30' 30"  E
KOATUU :	1423310100
Administrative structure :	1 city , 1 village
Address:	пр. Ворошилова 12 85600 м. Мар'їнка
Statistical information
Marjinka

Marjinka ( Ukrainian Мар'їнка ; Russian Марьинка Marjinka ) is a small town in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine with about 9400 inhabitants (2019). The city is the administrative seat of the Rajons of the same name .

geography

Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Kazan in Marjinka (2014)

Marinka is located in the southern Donbass km south-west from the 27 Oblastzentrum Donetsk on the trunk road N 15 .

The municipality, which has an area of ​​51.92 km², includes the town itself and the village of Pobjeda (Ukrainian Побєда ) with 144 inhabitants.

history

The city was founded in 1844 and received urban-type settlement status in 1938. During the Second World War , Marjinka was occupied by the Wehrmacht on October 19, 1941 and liberated by the Red Army on September 9, 1943 . Marjinka has had city status since 1977.

In the war in Ukraine that began in 2014 , the city was heavily contested between government soldiers and rebels from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and has been under the control of the Ukrainian government since June 2015 after an operation by Ukrainian troops under Colonel Mychajlo Sabrodskyj .

population

Population development

1859	1959	1970	1979	1989	2001	2014	2019
1,316	7,883	9,347	10.135	10,944	10,722	9,775	9,376

Sources: 1859; 1959-2014

Web links

• History of towns and villages on ukrssr.ru (Russian)
• Side of the Raion (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Demography of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org ; accessed on July 7, 2020
2. ↑ official website of the Rajon (Ukrainian)
3. ^ Official website of the village of Pobjeda
4. ↑ Marjinka has been completely freed from saboteurs - Poroshenko, on interfax.com.ua on June 5, 2015 , accessed on November 1, 2015 (Russian)
5. ↑ History of the cities and villages on ukrssr.ru (Russian)