Wojkowskyj

Wojkowskyj
Войковський
	Wojkowskyj
Basic data
Oblast :	Donetsk Oblast
Rajon :	Amvrosiyivka district
Height :	133 m
Area :	Information is missing
Residents :	1,218 (2011)
Postcodes :	87350
Area code :	+380 6259
Geographic location :	47 ° 46 '  N , 38 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '34 "  N , 38 ° 20' 15"  E
KOATUU :	1420655300
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement , 1 settlement
Address:	вул. Артема 61 87 350 смт. Войковський
Statistical information
Wojkowskyj

Wojkowskyj (Ukrainian Войковський - Ukrainian officially since May 12, 2016 Kopani / Копані; Russian Войковский / Woikowski ) is an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine with around 1200 inhabitants.

The settlement of Obrisne (Обрізне) also belongs to the settlement council of the same name .

The settlement is on the edge of the Donets Basin , about 11 kilometers southwest of the Rajonshauptstadt Amvrosiivka as well as 40 kilometers southeast from Oblastzentrum Donetsk area.

The place was built in 1920 from a brick factory and was named Kopani (Копані) until 1938 , after which it was renamed to the name that is still valid today in honor of the Soviet revolutionary Pyotr Woikov . It has had urban-type settlement status since 1940. There is a large brick factory in the village.

As a result of the war in Ukraine , the settlement has been in the hands of pro-Russian separatists from the Donetsk People's Republic since summer 2014 .

Web links

• Location information (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Верховна Рада України; Постанова від 05.12.2016 № 1351-VIII Про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів на тимчасово окупованих територіях Донецької та Луганської областей