Manhush, Donetsk Oblast

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Manhush
Skyline of Manhush
Skyline of Manhush
Coat of arms of Manhush
Manhush is located in Ukraine
Manhush
Manhush
Manhush is located in Donetsk Oblast
Manhush
Manhush
Coordinates: Coordinates: 47°03′00″N 37°18′00″E / 47.0500°N 37.3000°E / 47.0500; 37.3000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionMariupol Raion
Foundation1778
Government
 • Head of settlement councilOleksandr Kotendzhy
Area
 • Total9,291 km2 (3,587 sq mi)
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total7,858
 • Density0.85/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Postal code
87400—87405
Area code+380 6297

Manhush (Мангуш) is an urban settlement (town) in Donetsk Oblast (province), located in the industrial region of the Donets Basin. It was the administrative seat of Manhush Raion, but is now administered under Mariupol Raion. The population: 7,858 (2021 est.)[1]

History

The settlement was founded by Crimean Greeks (out of Mangup) who were deported (around 800 people) by Alexander Suvorov's troops. It was a village in Mariupol uyezd of Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1946 to 1995 it was known as Pershotravneve or Pershotravnevy (in Russian). In January 1989 the population of the settlement was 7467 people.[2]

In April 2022, during the Russo-Ukraine War, the town was reported to have been the site of a mass grave consisting of three hundred pits, each measuring six feet by ten feet. The mass graves are believed to contain civilian corpses taken from the siege of nearby Mariupol.[3]

See also

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References

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
  2. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  3. ^ Engelbrecht, Cora; Triebert, Christiaan (2022-04-21). "Satellite images show what appears to be a growing mass grave near Mariupol". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

External links

  • Pershotravneve at the Informational portal for the Donetsk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian SSR.