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Hrabove (Ukrainian: Грабове; Russian: Грабово, Grabovo, also spelled Grabove) is a village in Shakhtarsk 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 Russian separatist forces and crashed in the south of the village.[1]

Hrabove Грабове
Village
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°08′45″N 38°38′54″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Donetsk Oblast
District	Shakhtarsk Raion
Government
• Village Head	Volodymyr Berezhnyi[1]
Area
• Total	8.56 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation [2][3]	190 m (620 ft)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	1,000
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	86234
Area code	+380 6255
Website	w1.c1.rada.gov.ua

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

History

The village was founded in the late 15th century[4] on the left bank of the river Mius; it was repositioned to its present site in 1787.

A stone church, the Holy Trinity Church, was built in 1803. Its basic form survives to this day, though it was substantially rebuilt in 1903.

After the fall of the Russian Empire, Hrabove was part of the Ukrainian People's Republic. In February 1918, it fell under the control of the Makhnovshchina, led by the anarchist revolutionary Nestor Makhno.[4]

During World War II, the area was occupied by Nazi Germany at the conclusion of Operation Barbarossa. It returned to Soviet control following the Donbas strategic offensive of August 1943.

Since 2014, Hrabove has been under the control of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic. The government of Ukraine considers it a part of its temporarily occupied territories.

Shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

The village came to international attention when it became the site of much of the debris from the destruction of the Boeing 777 serving Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, which was shot down in the region on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 on board.[5] At the time, Hrabove was in the area contested by Ukrainian military forces and Russian separatist militants as part of the war in Donbas.[6]

Politics and national identities

Since 2010 the head of the village council has been Volodymyr Berezhnyi (born 1955).

The 2001 census indicated a population of 1,000 people, categorized according to preferred mother tongue as 77.5% Ukrainian speaking and 22.0% Russian speaking, with a handful of Belarusian speakers.[7] Most people living in the village identify as Ukrainian.

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