City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Mykolaivka (Ukrainian : Микола́ївка , pronounced [mɪkoˈɫɑjiu̯kɐ] ; Russian : Николаевка ) is a city and administrative centre of Mykolaivka urban hromada [1] in Sloviansk Raion , Donetsk Oblast (province ) of Ukraine to the south of the railway station Elektrychna.[2] The city is most known for being the home of the Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant , where it is a major employer of local residents. The population estimate is about 14,210 (2022 estimate). [3]
On 4 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from pro-Russian separatists .[4] [5] [6] The hospital began renovations in 2015, having been damaged in the fighting, with pro-Russian militants positioned around the building and on its roof.[7] In 2016, the Verkhovna Rada appropriated the status of the city of district significance , withdrew it from the composition of the Sloviansk municipality and included it in the Sloviansk Raion .[8]
^ "Mykolaivs'ka mis'ka hromada" Миколаївська міська громада [Mykolaivka City Community]. Portal of United Territorial Communities of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved July 12, 2018 .
^ Маклаївка . Ministry for Regional Development, Building and Housing of Ukraine , Ukraine State Service of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre. Geoportal of administrative-territorial system of Ukraine (Report) (in English and Ukrainian). Retrieved 2018-07-12 .
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022 ] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine . Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ Balmforth, Richard; Grove, Thomas (4 July 2014). "UPDATE 3-Ukraine's president seeks new crisis talks at weekend, fighting rages" . www.reuters.com . Reuters . Retrieved 4 July 2014 .
^ Government forces continue to free towns and capture gunmen's weapons and equipment in eastern Ukraine - NSDC , Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)
^ Українські військові взяли під контроль Миколаївку - Аваков . tsn.ua (in Ukrainian). Новости Украины на 1+1 - ТСН.ua. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014 .
^ Liubchenkova, Natalia (14 March 2016). "Resilience and rebuilding – tales from a war-torn Ukraine hospital" . euronews.com .
^ "On changes in the administrative-territorial structure of the Donetsk Oblast, change and establishment of boundaries of the city of Sloviansk and Sloviansk Raion of Donetsk Oblast" . Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2018-07-12 .