Raihorodok
Raihorodok (Ukrainian: Райгородок) is a rural settlement in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located near the Kazennyi Torets and Donets Rivers. Population: 3,166 (2022 estimate).
History
Until 18 July 2020, Raihorodok was located in Sloviansk Raion. The raion was abolished on that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Donetsk Oblast to eight, of which only five were controlled by the government. The area of Sloviansk Raion was merged into Kramatorsk Raion.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian occupiers blew up a nearby dam causing flooding in Raihorodok before the settlement was liberated by the Ukrainian army.
References
- ^ "Raihorodok (Donetsk Oblast)". weather.in.ua. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ "Russians blow up dam in Donetsk Oblast, settlement flooded General Staff". Yahoo News. 6 October 2022.
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