Official Name: | Andriivka |
Native Name: | Андріївка |
Settlement Type: | Rural settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Donetsk Oblast |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Andriivka in Donetsk Oblast |
Coordinates: | 48.8211°N 37.5325°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ukraine |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Kramatorsk Raion |
Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
Subdivision Name3: | Sloviansk urban hromada |
Established Title: | Founded |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1.2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 67 |
Population Total: | 833 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 84175 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 6262 |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Andriivka (Ukrainian: Андріївка) is a rural settlement (a selyshche) in Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is subordinate to Sloviansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] It has a population of
Andriivka is located on the Sukhyi Torets river. It is located 8km (05miles) to the south of Sloviansk.
Until 1861, the land on which modern Andriivka is located belonged to landholders named Sukhanov, Yefanov, and Mazan. Small hamlets grew up on the territory, several named after the men, including Bykivka, Yefanivka, Mazanivka, Sukhanivka and Khomychivka. In 1869, the Kursk–Kharkiv–Azov railway was laid through these lands.[3]
In 1921 or 1922, a collective farm was organized at Sukhanivka. The head of the farm was one Andrii Petrunchyk, after whom the farm was named.[3] Later that year, Petrunchyk was allegedly murdered by "bandits", according to Soviet sources. In 1938, Andriivka was granted urban-type settlement status. Andriivka was formed by the merger of the Bykivka, Yefanivka, Mazanivka, Sukhanivka and Khomychivka hamlets.[4] [3]
Andriivka's urban-type settlement status was removed on 26 January 2024, when a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Andriivka became a rural settlement.[5]
The area of and around Andriivka has large deposits of chalk and clay that are extracted.[3] As of the 1970s, most workers from Andriivka worked for enterprises in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.[4]
As of 2000, Andriivka had a population of around 1,300 people, of whom 75% self-identified as Ukrainians, 20% as Russians and 5% as other ethnic backgrounds.[3] By 2022, the population had fallen to 833 people.