• Source: Pivnichne, Donetsk Oblast

      • Pivnichne (Ukrainian: Північне; Russian: Пивничное), formerly Kirove (Ukrainian: Кірове; Russian: Кирово), is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, it had a population of 9,024 people.


      History


      The settlement began in the late 18th century around the coal mining industry in the region, which was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1936, by which time it was now in the Soviet Union, it received the name Kirove, after the Bolshevik leader Sergei Kirov. In 1938, it was designated an urban-type settlement.
      During World War II, 186 people from Kirove died on the front. From October 1941 to September 1942, Kirove was under the occupation of Nazi Germany.


      = Russo-Ukrainian War

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      In 2016, Kirove was renamed to Pivnichne, conforming to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.


      Russian invasion of Ukraine



      On June 22, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold within the settlement amid a renewed campaign to capture Donetsk Oblast, along advances to other satellite settlements of the Toretsk urban hromada, as geolocated footage by DeepState confirmed.


      Demographics


      As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 11,747 people. Their native languages were:

      Ukrainian 8.39%
      Russian 91.37%
      Armenian 0.08%
      Belarusian 0.05%
      Bulgarian, Polish, Hungarian and Gagauz 0.01%


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