Nikolske

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Nikolske
Нiкольське
Urban-type settlement
Nikolske district administration
Nikolske district administration
Official seal of Nikolske
Nikolske is located in Donetsk Oblast
Nikolske
Nikolske
Nikolske is located in Ukraine
Nikolske
Nikolske
Coordinates: Coordinates: 47°12′07″N 37°18′46″E / 47.2019°N 37.3128°E / 47.2019; 37.3128
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk Oblast
RaionMariupol Raion
Founded1831
Government
 • Head of town councilFedir Majshmaz
Elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total7,867
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
87000—87004
Telephone code+380 6246

Nikolske (Ukrainian: Нiкольське), formerly Volodarske,[1] is an urban settlement (town) in Donetsk Oblast (province), located in the industrial region of the Donets Basin in Ukraine. It was the administrative seat of Nikolske Raion, the settlement belongs since the July 2020 Reform to Mariupol Raion. Population: 7,867 (2021 est.)[2]

The town, captured by the Donetsk People's Republic during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine had its name changed back to Volodarske on May 4, 2022.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "ДНР возвращает прежние названия населенных пунктов на освобождённых землях" [DPR returns former names of settlements on liberated lands]. DNR Live. 2022-05-05.

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