Mospyne

Mospyne (Ukrainian: Моспине, pronounced [ˈmɔspɪne]; Russian: Моспино, romanized: Mospino) is a city in the Proletarskyi District of Donetsk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine, 8 km southeast of Donetsk. Population is estimated as 10,471 (2022 estimate).^[1] Population in 2001 was 11,736.^[2] Since 2014, the city has been under the control of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic.

Mospyne Моспине
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk Oblast
Raion	Donetsk Raion
Hromada	Donetsk urban hromada

On 13 May 1919, Andrei Shkuro's Volunteer Army battled with the Makhnovshchina for control of Mospyne, resulting in the White movement capturing the city and the Makhnovists being driven back.^[3]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[2]

• Russian 93.47%
• Ukrainian 6.35%

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. (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
2. "First All-National Population Census: historical, methodological, social, economic, ethnic aspects : All-national population census in 2001" (PDF). ukrcensus.gov.ua. 5 February 2004.
3. Bilash, Oleksandr; Bilash, Viktor (1993). Дороги Нестора Махно (PDF) (in Russian). Kyiv: РВЦ "Проза". p. 223. ISBN 9785770738148. OCLC 429142607.

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