Buhas Explained

Buhas is a village in southeastern Ukraine, located in Volnovakha urban hromada, Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast. It was known as Maksymivka during the times of the Soviet Union.

History

On 13 January 2015, during the War in Donbas, there was an artillery strike against a civilian bus near Buhas. According to early reports, 10 passengers died and 13 were injured.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the village had a population of 1449, of whom 5.59% natively spoke Ukrainian, 70.39% spoke Russian, 22.29% spoke Greek, 0.14% spoke Belarusian and 0.07% spoke Armenian. Buhas is a multi-ethnic town, with the majority of the population being Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, with smaller Armenian and Belarusian communities, yet a significant part of the population stated at the time of the census to be from 'another' ethnicity and to speak 'another' native language.^[2]

Notable people

Ivan Ordets, Ukrainian footballer

References

47.6344°N 37.5614°W

Notes and References

Web site: Під Волновахою снаряд бойовиків влучив у рейсовий автобус. Загинуло 10 людей (ФОТО, ВІДЕО 18+), 13 січня 2015, espreso.tv . https://web.archive.org/web/20150120053605/http://espreso.tv/news/2015/01/13/pid_volnovakhoyu_artyleriyskyy_snaryad_potrapyv_v_reysovyy_avtobus . 20 January 2015 . 13 January 2015.
Web site: Розподіл населення за рідною мовою, Донецька область . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305150244/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/mult/dialog/varval.asp?lang=1&ma=19a050501_02_014&multilang=uk&path=..%2Fdatabase%2Fcensus%2F05%2F01%2F&ti=19a050501_02_014.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%2C%20%C4%EE%ED%E5%F6%FC%EA%E0%20%EE%E1%EB%E0%F1%F2%FC%20%281%2C2%2C3%2C4%29 . 5 March 2016 . 30 May 2022.