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Sloviansk (Ukrainian: Слов'янськ, romanized: Sloviansk [slou̯ˈjɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: Славянск, romanized: Slavyansk[3] [slɐˈvʲansk] or [ˈslavʲɪnsk];[4] prior to 1784 – Tor[5]) is a city in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Slovyansk urban community. The city lies in the north of the region, in the valley of the Kazennyi Torets river. As of July 2022, the population of the city was around 24,000.[6]

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Sloviansk Слов'янськ
City
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°51′12″N 37°37′30″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast (Province)	Donetsk
Raion (District)	Kramatorsk Raion
Hromada	Sloviansk urban hromada
Founded	1645
Government
• Mayor	Vadym Liakh [uk; ru][1] (Opposition Bloc[1])
Area
• Total	58.9 km2 (22.7 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	>24,000 [2]
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.slavrada.gov.ua/

Sloviansk was one of the focal points in the early stages of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine as it was the first city to be seized by Russia-backed military troops.[7][8] It was retaken by Ukrainian forces in July 2014. Sloviansk has a population of 106,972 (2021 est.)[9].

On 4 July 2022, The Guardian reported that, after the fall of the Luhansk oblast, Russian invasion troops would continue their invasion into the adjacent Donetsk oblast to attack the cities of Sloviansk and Bakhmut.[10]

History

The history of Sloviansk dates back to 1645 when Russian Tsar Alexei Romanov founded a border fortress named Tor[11] against the Crimean attacks and slave raids on the southern suburbs of modern Ukraine and Russia.[12] In 1664, a first salt plant for the extraction of salt was built, and workers settled in the area.[13]

In 1676, a fortress named Tor was built at the confluence of the Kazenyy Torets and Sukhyy Torets River, where they form the Torets River, a tributary of Donets River.[14] Shortly thereafter, the town of Tor grew up next to the fortress.[12]

As several salt lakes were located close by, the town became a producer of salt. During the sixteenth century, salt production was the principal local industry. During the eighteenth century, it became unprofitable and salt production ceased in 1782.

In 1784, the city was renamed Sloviansk. It became a part of the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire in 1797. A resort was established on the shores of Lake Ropne in 1832.

In April 1918, troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic took control of Sloviansk.[15]

The city was occupied by the Germans on 28 October 1941. In December 1941, the SS Einsatzkommando 4b executed more than a thousand Jews who lived in Sloviansk.[16] The Red Army temporarily expelled the Nazi occupiers on 17 February 1943. Germans retook it on 1 March 1943. The Red Army retook Sloviansk on 6 September 1943.

2014 clashes

On 12 April 2014, during the ongoing crisis following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, masked men in army fatigues and bulletproof vests armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles captured the executive committee building, the police department, and the SBU office in Sloviansk.[17][18] Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov described the gunmen as "terrorists" and vowed to use the Ukrainian special forces to retake the building.[19][20]

On 13 April 2014, there were reports of fighting between the gunmen and Ukrainian troops, with casualties on both sides.[21][22] The BBC's David Stern described the pro-Russian forces as carrying Russian weapons and resembling the soldiers that took over Crimean installations at the start of the 2014 Crimean crisis.[21][23]

On 29 May 2014, a helicopter carrying fourteen army soldiers, including General Serhiy Kulchytskiy – the head of combat and special training for Ukraine's National Guard, crashed after being shot down by militants near Sloviansk. Ukraine's outgoing President Olexander Turchynov described the downing as a "terrorist attack," and blamed pro-Russian militants.[24]

Sloviansk was held by Russian-backed separatists[25] until 5 July 2014. When pressed by the Ukrainian army they retreated from Sloviansk and pulled back to Donetsk city.[26]

In 2015, a plaque to the memory of Volodymyr Rybak was placed in the town center.[27]

2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine

During the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine, Sloviansk is a pivotal city on the eastern front, as part of a second phase of the war, following the Russian retreat from Kyiv. Russian forces seized the strategic town of Izyum and used it as a staging post to attack Slovyansk, to the south. The town of Slovyansk is thought to be critical to Moscow’s objective of capturing all of eastern Ukraine due to its west-central location in the Donbas "pocket" of remaining Ukrainian forces.[28] On 4 July, The Guardian reported that after the fall of the Luhansk oblast, that Russian invasion troops would continue their invasion into the adjacent Donetsk oblast to attack the cities of Sloviansk and Bakhmut.[29]

September

In early September 2022, Ukraine began a major counteroffensive, regaining several settlements in the Kharkiv region. This relieved the pressure on Sloviansk with the fall of Lyman to Ukrainian forces on October 1st 2022. [30]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census:[31]

Ethnicity
Ukrainians	104,423	73.1%
Russians	33,649	23.6%
Turks	829	0.6%
Belarusians	766	0.5%
Armenians	592	0.4%
Greeks	320	0.2%
Roma people	279	0.2%
Azerbaijanis	208	0.1%

Total population: 141,066

Climate

The climate in Sloviansk is a mild to warm summer subtype (Köppen: Dfb) of the humid continental climate.

Economy

The principal industry of the city concerns machine building:

• The Slovvazhmash heavy-machinery production plant which produces chemical equipment for coke production and use for the businesses in Lipetsk, Kemerovo and Cherepovets. Companies in Mariupol, Kryvyi Rih, Donetsk, and Kamianske use their products.
• The Betonmash machine-building factory which produces concrete mixing plants, spare parts for mining equipment and metal works, parts for coke ovens. The factory provides foundry services for companies across Donetsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
• The Sloviansk mechanical plant which employs approximately four hundred people. It produces chemical equipment for coke production as well as overhead cranes and other machinery.
• The Artem Armature-insulator factory.
• A factory producing high-voltage insulators for hydroelectric power stations and thermal power-stations.

Sloviansk is an important health resort, providing spa treatments and mud baths using mud from the bottom of salt lakes located nearby.

Administration

Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the Sloviansk Raion (district) until its abolition on 18 July 2020, though it did not belong to the raion.

Transport

Sloviansk is a nexus of a number of railways and roads. There are three railway stations currently in use, one defunct. Three railway lines leave the city in directions of Lozova, Lyman and Kramatorsk.

Ukrainian international highway M03 goes by the edge of Sloviansk. The national highway N-20 leaves from the city toward Mariupol. The local population is served by a trolleybus network consisting of two permanent routes and one summer route. Marshrutkas are widely used.

Religious organizations

Christian churches:

• Cathedral of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church
• Church of the Resurrection of Christ
• Church of the Andrew the Apostle
• Church of Oleksandr Nevskyi
• Church of Seraphim Sarovsky
• The "Kind New" Christian Center Church
• Church of Jesus Christ of the Protestant Church of Ukraine

Notable people

• Mykhaylo Sokolovsky, a Soviet footballer, record holder of the games played for Shakhtar Donetsk
• Maksym Marchenko, Ukrainian colonel, current governor of Odessa Oblast

See also

• Murder of Pentecostals in Slaviansk

References

External links

• (in Russian, Ukrainian, and English) Official website
• (in Russian) Unofficial website of Slavjansk Trolleybus system
• Marble sculpture of Nicolai Shmatko

На других языках

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[de] Slowjansk

Slowjansk (ukrainisch Слов'янськ; russisch Славянск/Slawjansk) ist eine Stadt in der Oblast Donezk im Osten der Ukraine. Slowjansk war bis 2020 das administrative Zentrum des gleichnamigen Rajons und hat etwa 109.683 Einwohner (2019).[1] Seit 2020 gehört es zum Rajon Kramatorsk.

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- [en] Sloviansk

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[ru] Славянск

Славя́нск[5], или Сла́вянск[6] (укр. Слов’я́нськ), — город в Краматорском районе Донецкой области Украины, административный центр Славянской городской общины. До создания в 2020 году Краматорского района был городом областного подчинения. Основан как приграничный острог против крымских набегов в 1645 году[7]. Первоначально крепость носила название «Тор», а своё текущее название Славянск получил в 1794 году. Транспортный узел, один из старейших грязелечебных курортных центров Украины. С 19 апреля 2011 года является курортом государственного значения[8].

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