Telmanove
Telmanove (Ukrainian: Тельманове; Russian: Тельманово) is an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located in the industrial region of the Donets Basin. It was renamed Boikivske (Ukrainian: Бойкiвське; Russian: Бойковское) by the Verkhovna Rada in 2016, after the Donetsk People's Republic had taken de facto control of the settlement.[1] Until 1935 it was known as Ostheim (Osthaim) and then renamed after the German Communist Ernst Thälmann. According to the Ukrainian authorities, it was the administrative seat of Telmanove Raion until its abolition in 2020, and is now part of Kalmiuske Raion. According to the Russian authorities, who control the settlement, Telmanove Raion was never abolished and continues to exist. Population: 4,219 (2022 estimate).[2]
Boikivske Бойкiвське Тельманове Telmanove | |
|---|---|
Seal | |
Boikivske Boikivske | |
| Coordinates: 47°24′45″N 38°01′05″E / 47.41250°N 38.01806°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalmiuske Raion |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Government | |
| • Head of town council | Serhij Aleksejenko |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 4,219 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History Edit
After elimination of all Germans from the territory during World War II, the village was resettled by Boykos deported from territories that were transferred by Soviet Union to Poland in 1951 (see 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange).[3]
Since 2014, Telmanove has been administered as a part of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic. Pro-Russian separatists seized the town backed by Russian military forces in August 2014 as part of the war in Donbas.[4]
References Edit
- ^ Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No 1351-VIII On renaming of some localities and districts in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kruchyk, I. . The Ukrainian Week. 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. ATO zone infographics". 25 Feb 2017.