Soledar (Ukrainian: Соледа́р, pronounced[soɫeˈdɑr]) is a city in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine.
The name of the town translates as 'gift of salt' from both Russian and Ukrainian. Population: 10,490 (2022 est.)[1]
In mid-April 2014, Russian GRU operatives, led by Igor "Strelkov" Ghirkin, captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast [5][6] including Soledar.[7] On 21 July 2014, Ukrainian forces secured the city from the militants.[7] On 2 August 2014, the identification team and OSCE observers dealing with the MH17 crash set up base in Soledar, because from there it was easier to get to the crash site.[8][9][10]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 28 May 2022, it was reported that a Russian missile had hit the Artemsil salt plant in the town.[11]
On 9 August 2022, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that "the allied forces also took under control the premises of the Knauf plant."[12]
Economy
The main enterprises of the city are related to mining and processing industries: State Enterprise Association Artyomsol is mining and processing rock salt in Soledar Salt Mine and Knauf Gips Donbas (a subsidiary of a German gypsum producer Knauf).
The town has a major tourist attraction: the underground galleries and chambers of salt mines, which are also used extensively for speleo (cave) treatment of asthma and other lung diseases.
"Donets Basin" (Donbas), pp.135–136 in: Historical Dictionary of Ukraine. Ivan Katchanovski, Zenon E. Kohut[the article is translated], Bohdan Y. Nebesio, Myroslav Yurkevich. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013. 914 p. ISBN081087847X
Карло-Либкнехтовск // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 1. М., "Советская энциклопедия", 1991. стр.550
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