Manhush, Donetsk Oblast

Manhush
Мангуш
Rural settlement
Skyline of Manhush
Skyline of Manhush
Flag of Manhush
Flag
Coat of arms of Manhush
Coat of arms
Manhush is located in Ukraine
Manhush
Manhush
Manhush is located in Donetsk Oblast
Manhush
Manhush
Coordinates: 47°03′00″N 37°18′00″E / 47.0500°N 37.3000°E / 47.0500; 37.3000
Country Ukraine
OblastDonetsk Oblast
RaionMariupol Raion
HromadaManhush settlement hromada
Foundation1778
Government
 • Head of settlement councilOleksandr Kotendzhy
Area
 • Total
9,291 km2 (3,587 sq mi)
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
7,731
 • Density0.83/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Postal code
87400—87405
Area code+380 6297

Manhush (Ukrainian: Мангуш) is an rural settlement in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was the administrative seat of Manhush Raion, but is now administered under Mariupol Raion. The population is 7,731 (2022 estimate).[1]

The town has been under Russian occupation since March 2022.

History

The settlement was founded by around 800 Crimean Greeks (out of Mangup) who were deported by Alexander Suvorov's troops. It was a village in Mariupol uyezd of Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. In 1946 to 1995 it was known as Pershotravneve or Pershotravnevyi. In January 1989 the population of the settlement was 7467 people.[2]

In April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was reported to have been the site of a mass grave consisting of three hundred pits, each measuring six feet by ten feet. The mass graves are believed to contain civilian corpses taken from the siege of nearby Mariupol.[3]

See also

  • Alley of Glory in Manhush
    Alley of Glory in Manhush
  • Historical building
    Historical building
  • "White Bird" folk dance theatre in Manhush
    "White Bird" folk dance theatre in Manhush

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность городского населения союзных республик, их территориальных единиц, городских поселений и городских районов по полу
  3. ^ Engelbrecht, Cora; Triebert, Christiaan (2022-04-21). "Satellite images show what appears to be a growing mass grave near Mariupol". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  • Pershotravneve at the Informational portal for the Donetsk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian SSR.
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