Myrnohrad

Myrnohrad Мирноград
City
Stakhanov Coal Mine in Myrnohrad
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Myrnohrad
Coordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°ECoordinates: 48°17′28″N 37°16′05″E / 48.29111°N 37.26806°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Donetsk
Founded	1911
City status	1965
Area
• Total	23 km^2 (9 sq mi)
Elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	49,646
Website	http://dimitrov-rada.gov.ua/

Myrnohrad (Ukrainian: Мирноград, Russian: Мирноград), formerly Dymytrov, is a city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: 49,646 (2013 est.)^[1].

The city was previously named after Georgi Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Георги Димитров) - a prominent Bulgarian and Soviet communist politician, but was renamed to Myrnohrad during decommunisation in May 2016.^[2]

Unlike in most bigger cities in Donetsk Oblast, the separatist Donetsk People's Republic 11 May 2014 referendum on independence was not held in the city.^[3]

Demographics

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:^[4]

• Russian 71.8%
• Ukrainian 26.0%
• Armenian 0.1%
• Belarusian 0.1%

References

1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Rada renames some towns and districts as part of de-communization". Interfax Ukraine. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
3. (Ukrainian) Impunity, who covers mayors separatists, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 October 2016)
4. http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua