Khrestivka (Ukrainian: Хрестівка) or Kirovske (Ukrainian: Кіровське), also Kirovskoye (Russian: Кировское) is a city of regional significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its population is approximately 27,370 (2022 est.)[1]
Khrestivka
Ukrainian: Хрестівка Russian: Кировское | |
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City of regional significance | |
Khrestivka | |
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Coordinates: 48°08′47″N 38°21′38″E | |
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Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
Raion | Horlivka Raion |
Founded | 1954 |
City status | 1987 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Larysa Hrechushkina (interim) |
Area | |
• Total | 725 km2 (280 sq mi) |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 27,370 |
• Density | 3,882/km2 (10,050/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 86300-86390 |
On 14 April 2014 pro-Russian activists captured Kirovske's town hall and declared that the city was part of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).[2] Since then the city has remained under DPR and Russian occupation.[3][4]
On 12 May 2016, the Ukrainian parliament renamed the city Khrestivka under decommunization laws. The DPR and Russian occupying forces do not recognize the name change.
As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[5]
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