Nikolske
Nikolske (Ukrainian: Нiкольське) is an rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located in the industrial region of the Donets Basin. It was the administrative seat of Nikolske Raion until 2020; the settlement now belongs to Mariupol Raion. Population: 7,801 (2022 estimate).
Its original name was Nikolske. After the October Revolution, it was changed to Volodarske in 1923 after V. Volodarsky, a Bolshevik. On February 18, 2016, as part of decommunization laws, the settlement was returned to the founding name of Nikolske.
The town was captured by Russia and annexed into the Donetsk People's Republic during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the occupation authorities changed its name back to Volodarske on May 4, 2022.
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Nikolske park -
House of culture -
Education department and Taras Shevchenko monument
References
- ^ "Rada de-communized Artemivsk as well as over hundred cities and villages" (in Ukrainian). Pravda.com.ua. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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