Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast

Hrabove
Грабове
Грабово
Selo (Village)
View towards Hrabove from across the Mius
View towards Hrabove from across the Mius
Coat of arms of Hrabove
Hrabove is located in Ukraine
Hrabove
Hrabove
Location of Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast
Hrabove is located in Donetsk Oblast
Hrabove
Hrabove
Hrabove (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°08′45″N 38°38′54″E / 48.14583°N 38.64833°E / 48.14583; 38.64833
Country Ukraine
ProvinceDonetsk Oblast
DistrictHorlivka Raion
Government
 • Village HeadVolodymyr Berezhnyi[1]
Area
 • Total8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation190 m (620 ft)
Population
 • Total1,000
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
86234
Area code+380 6255
Websitew1.c1.rada.gov.ua
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Hrabove (Ukrainian: Грабове, also spelled as Grabove), also known as Grabovo (Russian: Грабово, romanized: Grabovo) is a village in Horlivka Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine.[1] Its population was 1,000 as of the 2001 Ukrainian census. It is known for being the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down by Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky, and Leonid Kharchenko, and crashed in the south of the village.[1]

Hrabove is located beside the Mius river, some ten kilometers north-east of Shakhtarsk, and on the border between the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast.

  1. ^ a b c "Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Shakhtarsk Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Hrabove (Donetsk region)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ Погода в селі Горбів (in Ukrainian).

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