Pivnichne, Donetsk Oblast

Pivnichne Північне
Rural settlement
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Coordinates: 48°23′19″N 37°54′24″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Bakhmut Raion
Hromada	Toretsk urban hromada
Area [1]
• Total	7.15 km^2 (2.76 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	229 m (751 ft)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	9,024
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3
Postal code	85280-85284
Area code	+380 6247

Pivnichne (Ukrainian: Північне; Russian: Пивничное), formerly Kirove (Ukrainian: Кірове; Russian: Кирово), is a rural settlement in Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, it had a population of 9,024 people.^[2]

History

The settlement began in the late 18th century around the coal mining industry in the region, which was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1936, by which time it was now in the Soviet Union, it received the name Kirove, after the Bolshevik leader Sergei Kirov. In 1938, it was designated an urban-type settlement.^[1]

During World War II, 186 people from Kirove died on the front. From October 1941 to September 1942, Kirove was under the occupation of Nazi Germany.^[1]

Russo-Ukrainian War

In 2016, Kirove was renamed to Pivnichne, conforming to the law prohibiting names of Communist origin.^{[citation needed]}

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Residential building in Pivnichne after Russian strikes, December 2023

On June 22, 2024, the Russian Armed Forces gained a foothold within the settlement amid a renewed campaign to capture Donetsk Oblast,^[4] along advances to other satellite settlements of the Toretsk urban hromada, as geolocated footage by DeepState confirmed.^[5]

Demographics

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, the settlement had a population of 11,747 people.^[1] Their native languages were:^[6]

• Ukrainian 8.39%
• Russian 91.37%
• Armenian 0.08%
• Belarusian 0.05%
• Bulgarian, Polish, Hungarian and Gagauz 0.01%

References

1. Prokopenko, L. S. "Кірове" [Kirove]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
2. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
3. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2019 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2019. стор.23
4. "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
5. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 9, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
6. "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-01-07.