Svyatohirsk

Svyatohirsk
Святогірськ
	Svyatohirsk
Basic data
Oblast :	Donetsk Oblast
Rajon :	City of Slovyansk
Height :	66 m
Area :	8.4 km²
Residents :	4,630 (2014)
Population density :	551 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes :	84130
Area code :	+380 6262
Geographic location :	49 ° 2 '  N , 37 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '1 "  N , 37 ° 33' 26"  E
KOATUU :	1414170500
Administrative structure :	1 city
Address:	вул. Героїв Сталінграда 8 84130 м. Святогірськ
Website :	http://www.svyatogorsk.dn.ua/
Statistical information
Svyatohirsk

War memorial in the city

Sviatohirsk ( Ukrainian Святогірськ - by 2003 Слов'яногірськ Slowjanohirsk ; Russian Святогорск Sviatohirsk is a city in the) Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine with 4,600 inhabitants (2014). Svyatohirsk is the greenest city in Ukraine - in 2004 there were 144.2 m² of park per inhabitant. As a result, the city has become the center of the regional recreational industry.

Geographical location

Svyatohirsk belongs to the city district of Slovyansk , but is located 30 kilometers north of this city on the Siwerskyj Donets , the oblast capital Donetsk is about 120 kilometers south. The city lies on the Kharkiv – Horlivka railway on the Donetska Salisnytsia .

history

The place arose as a settlement near the Svyatohirsk monastery , which has been attested since the 16th century. In the first half of the 18th century the left bank Sloboda Banno ( Банно ) is attested, on the right bank another settlement was built in the 19th century, later called Tetjanivka ( Тетянівка ). Until 1938 this double place was called Banno-Tetjaniwka ( Банно-Тетянівка ). After receiving the status of an urban-type settlement, it was renamed Bannowske Banovsky , received town charter in 1964 and was then called Slovyanohirsk, in 2003 it was renamed to its current name.

Between 1930 and 1941 the benzene-powered tram Svyatohirsk ran between the station and the monastery in the village . After the war, operations were not resumed and traffic was switched to buses.

Monastery, close-up

monastery

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of Ukrainian localities on pop-stat.mashke.org
2. ↑ Святогірськ: що стало з курортом Донбасу і навіщо туди їхати. Retrieved December 5, 2019 (Ukrainian).