Kadiivka

Kadiivka or Stakhanov is a city in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The city is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. Its population is approximately 73,248 (2022 est.).[1]

Kadiivka
Кадіївка
City
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Coat of arms of Kadiivka
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Kadiivka is located in Luhansk Oblast
Kadiivka
Kadiivka
Kadiivka is located in Ukraine
Kadiivka
Kadiivka
Coordinates: 48°34′05″N 38°39′31″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Luhansk Oblast
Population
 (2022)
 • Total73,248
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The city was under the control of the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic from early 2014 until Russia declared its annexation of the region in late 2022.

Name

Prior to 1937, the city was known as Kadiivka or Kadievka. From 1937 to 1940, the city was named Sergo or Serho (Ukrainian: Серго) after Bolshevik leader Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and then from 1940 to 1978, the city was once again known as Kadiivka.[2]

On 15 February 1978, the city was renamed Stakhanov after the Soviet miner Alexei Stakhanov, who started his career there.[3]

On 12 May 2016, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada voted to change its name back to Kadiivka as a result of decommunization laws.[4][5] The LNR and Russian occupation authorities have not recognized this decision and maintain the name Stakhanov; the name change has had a largely symbolic meaning as a result.[6][7]

History

A local newspaper has been published in the settlement since September 1930.[8] Kadiivka has been a city since 1932.[9][10]

During the Second World War, the city was occupied by German troops from July 1942 until September 1943. A Soviet labor camp for German prisoners of war operated at Kadiivka during the Second World War.[11][12]

In 1985, in the Soviet Union, the city was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[9]

The largest industrial enterprises of the city were traditionally coal mines, a railway car building works, ferroalloy plant and a coke-chemical plant.[10]

In 1991, the population was 112,700 people, by 2013 this had fallen to 77,593.[13][14]

Pro-Russian and Russian occupation (2014-present)

The city has been under the control of the Luhansk People's Republic since early 2014, and the war in Donbas. Starting mid-April 2014 pro-Russian separatists captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast;[15][16] they took over Kadiivka on 2 May 2014.[17][18]

In October 2015, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opened a Forward Patrol Base in the city, meaning that a small number of international monitors were due to be permanently based here.[19] The OSCE left the city shortly before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began.[20]

With Russia's Wagner Group having significant bases in Kadiivka, Ukrainian forces have reportedly scored repeated hits on them, with multiple casualties.[21][22][23][24]

Transport

The city formerly had electric city transport in the form of both trams and trolleybuses. Tram traffic opened on February 15, 1937, and trolleybus traffic opened on March 1, 1970. Tram traffic closed on November 11, 2007, and trolleybus traffic closed on August 31, 2011, while it is elsewhere reported that it was suspended on September 11, 2008,[25] with its newer LAZ trolleybuses bought by Antratsyt.[26] As the years went on, the number of trams dwindled from 38 in 1973 to 4 in 2007, of which only 2 would run.

Demographics

As of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[27]

Ethnicity
  • Ukrainians: 46.1%
  • Russians: 50.1%
  • Belarusians: 1%
  • Other: 2.9%
Language

City municipality

The Municipality of Kadiivka also includes two other cities:

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kadiivka include:

References
  1. 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.
  2. Україна: енциклопедичний довідник. Київ: Потенціал. 2002. p. 192. У 1940—1978 рр. місто носило попередню назву Кадіївка
  3. Post-Soviet Geography, Volume 34, page 650
  4. Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України
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  9. Стаханов // Советский энциклопедический словарь. редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. 4-е изд. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1986. стр.1271
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  11. Boeckh, Katrin (2007). Stalinismus in der Ukraine: die Rekonstruktion des sowjetischen Systems nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 131.
  12. Bonwetsch, Bernd; Bordjugov, Gennadij; Naimark, Norman M. (1998). Sowjetische Politik in der SBZ 1945–1949: Dokumente zur Tätigkeit der Propagandaverwaltung (Informationsverwaltung) der SMAD under Sergej Tjul'panow. Bonn: Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachf. Bonn. p. 57.
  13. Stakhanov // The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 15th edition. Micropaedia. Vol.11. Chicago, 1994. page 204
  14. Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2013 року. Державна служба статистики України. Київ, 2013. стор.75
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  16. "TASS: World – Donbass defenders put WWII tank back into service". En.itar-tass.com. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  17. Анастасия Баранова (2014-05-02). "In Stakhanov the armed extremists occupied premises of the Executive Committee of the City Soviet of People's Deputies, requirements yet don't put forward". News.pn. 46.975033;31.994583. Retrieved 2016-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  18. Анастасия Баранова (2014-05-01). "In Stakhanov deputies of the City Council broke attempt of the mayor and separatists to appoint a referendum". News.pn. 46.975033;31.994583. Retrieved 2016-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  19. "OSCE SMM Status Report as of 21 October 2015". Report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  20. "OSCE begins pullout from Eastern Ukraine". BBC. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  21. "Video Shows Destroyed Russian Mercenaries' Base, Ukraine Says". Newsweek. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  22. "Ukrainian military carried out a precision strike on Wagner base at stadium in Kadiivka, Luhansk governor says". Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  23. "Russian Wagner Mercenaries Base Is Blown to Pieces By Ukranian [sic] Army, 2022". YouTube. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  24. "Ukraine strikes Wagner HQ in Luhansk, governor says". BBC. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  25. "Міський транспорт :: Стаханов". urbantransport.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  26. "Chronology: Stakhanov". transphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  27. "Офіційна сторінка Всеукраїнського перепису населення". Ukrcensus.gov.ua. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
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